Eugène Balme

Eugène Balme
	Eugène Balme in 1902
Personal information
Born	22 November 1874; Oullins, France
Died	24 February 1914 (aged 39); Paris, France
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Sport shooting
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing France
Olympic Games

Eugène Jean François Balme (22 November 1874 – 24 February 1914) was a French sport shooter who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In 1900 at Paris he won the bronze medal in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event. Eight years later at London he won another bronze medal in the team free rifle event and was fourth in team military rifle event.^[2]

He was born in Oullins and died in Paris. He committed suicide by shooting himself.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eugène Balme". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ "Eugène Balme". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

External links[edit]

Eugène Balme at Olympedia
Eugène Balme at databaseOlympics.com Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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[sportsref-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eugène Balme". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[2] "Eugène Balme". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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