Edward Etzel
American sport shooter (born 1952)
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Full name | Edward Fredrick Etzel, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
Born | September 6, 1952 (1952-09-06) (age 71) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Edward Fredrick "Ed" Etzel, Jr. (born September 6, 1952) is a sport shooter and Olympic champion for the United States. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1]
Etzel was born in North Haven, Connecticut . He competed for the U.S. Army team. As of 2016, he is professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology at West Virginia University.[2]
Etzel has been inducted into the USA Shooting Hall of fame.[3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed Etzel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ "The Olympian struggle: How do Olympic athletes pay the electric bill?". salon.com. August 10, 2016.
- ^ "Hall of Fame - Ed Etzel". usashooting.org. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
External links
- Edward Etzel at Olympedia
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Olympic champions in men's 50 metre rifle prone
- 1912: Frederick Hird (USA)
- 1932: Bertil Rönnmark (SWE)
- 1936: Willy Røgeberg (NOR)
- 1948: Arthur Cook (USA)
- 1952: Iosif Sîrbu (ROU)
- 1956: Gerald Ouellette (CAN)
- 1960: Peter Kohnke (EUA)
- 1964: László Hammerl (HUN)
- 1968: Jan Kůrka (TCH)
- 1972: Ri Ho-jun (PRK)
- 1976: Karlheinz Smieszek (FRG)
- 1980: Károly Varga (HUN)
- 1984: Edward Etzel (USA)
- 1988: Miroslav Varga (TCH)
- 1992: Lee Eun-chul (KOR)
- 1996: Christian Klees (GER)
- 2000: Jonas Edman (SWE)
- 2004: Matthew Emmons (USA)
- 2008: Artur Ayvazyan (UKR)
- 2012: Sergei Martynov (BLR)
- 2016: Henri Junghänel (GER)
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