Irving Calkins Explained

Irving Calkins
Birth Name:Irving Romaro Calkins
Birth Date:31 October 1875
Birth Place:Palmer, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Sport:Sports shooting
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Irving Romaro Calkins (October 31, 1875  - August 26, 1958) was an American physician and sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Irving Calkins was born in Palmer, Massachusetts on October 31, 1875.[2]

He studied at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Vermont, and earned a medical degree from Baltimore Medical College in 1896.[2]

At the 1908 Olympics he won a gold medal in the team pistol event and finished in eighth place in the individual pistol event. He became world champion in 1923.[3]

He died in Springfield, Massachusetts on August 26, 1958.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sports Reference: Irving Calkins . 2014-02-23 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227014924/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/irving-calkins-1.html . 2014-02-27 .
  2. Book: Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical – Genealogical . . 297–299 . 1916 . 2024-02-27 . Internet Archive.
  3. Web site: Irving Calkins . Olympedia . 8 April 2021.
  4. News: Famed Hobbyist Dies . . Greenfield, Massachusetts . Springfield, Massachusetts . AP . 10 . 1958-08-27 . 2024-02-27 . Newspapers.com.