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- Irving Calkins
- Calkins
- Palmer, Massachusetts
- Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- List of 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of Olympic medalists in shooting
- Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard team pistol
- Free pistol at the Olympics
- Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard pistol
Irving Romaro Calkins (October 31, 1875 – August 26, 1958) was an American physician and sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Irving Calkins was born in Palmer, Massachusetts on October 31, 1875.
He studied at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Vermont, and earned a medical degree from Baltimore Medical College in 1896.
At the 1908 Olympics, he won a gold medal in the team pistol event. He finished in eighth place in the individual pistol event. He became world champion in 1923.
He died in Springfield, Massachusetts on August 26, 1958.
References
External links
Irving Calkins' profile at databaseOlympics
Irving Calkins at Olympedia
Irving Calkins at Find a Grave