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Lars Jørgen Madsen

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Sport
  
Sports shooting

1912 Stockholm
  
Team free rifle

1920 Antwerp
  
300m military rifle

Born
  
19 July 1871 (
1871-07-19
)
Beldringe, Denmark

Died
  
1 April 1925, Randers Municipality, Denmark

Olympic medals
  
Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre team military rifle, standing

Similar
  
Niels Larsen, Carl Osburn, Albert Helgerud, Paul Colas, Hugo Johansson

Lars Jørgen Madsen (19 July 1871 – 1 April 1925) was a Danish rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a gold medal in the Military Rifle standing. Twenty years later, he won another gold, in the Military Rifle Team event. He was one of only 3 Danish competitors to win five Olympic medals. He also competed at the 1908, 1912 and 1924 Summer Olympics.

References

Lars Jørgen Madsen Wikipedia