Edward Amoore
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Born | (1877-03-20)20 March 1877 Wimbledon, London, England | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 July 1955(1955-07-11) (aged 78) Twickenham, London, England | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sports shooting | |||||||||||||||||
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Edward John Amoore (20 March 1877 – 11 July 1955) was a British sport shooter and road cyclist who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics as a shooter.[1]
In 1903 he won fastest time at the annual Anfield B.C. Invitational 100 mile time trial.[2] In the 1908 Olympics he won a gold medal in the team small-bore rifle event, bronze in the disappearing target small-bore rifle event, was fifth in the stationary target small-bore rifle event and 19th in the moving target small-bore rifle event.[3] He went on to serve in the First World War as an officer in the Honourable Artillery Company becoming its Adjutant.
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External links
- Edward Amoore at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Database Olympic Profile
- London Gazette
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