Sport Sports shooting Name Joshua Millner | Role Olympic athlete | |
Born 5 July 1847 ( 1847-07-05 ) Dublin, Ireland Died November 16, 1931, Rathmines, Republic of Ireland Olympic medals Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000 yard free rifle People also search for Kellogg Casey, John Sellars, Thomas Caldwell, Charles Jeffers, Maurice Blood, George Rowe | ||
Joshua Kearney Millner (5 July 1847 – 16 November 1931), also referred to as Jerry Millner, was an Irish shooter who represented Great Britain and Ireland at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the Free rifle at 1000 yards. At the time he was 61 years and 4 days old, making him one of the oldest gold medalists ever. He also finished 9th in the single-shot running deer event and 15th in the double-shot running deer event.
Miller was an officer in the 8th (Militia) Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, formerly the Carlow Rifles. He received the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 23 August 1902, but only two months later received the substantive rank of lieutenant-colonel on 5 November 1902.
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