shooting: Quick Facts

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Key People

Annie Oakley stands facing forward in a decorated skirt and blouse, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding a rifle, with two more rifles propped beside her.

Annie Oakley

American markswoman

Olympic medal winner Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Indian rifle shooter and politician

Olympic shooting champion Malcolm Cooper

Malcolm Cooper

British shooter

Champion Olympic marksman Károly Takács

Károly Takács

Hungarian athlete

Morris Fisher, winner of the gold medal in the free rifle competition at the 1924 Olympics in Paris

Morris Fisher

American athlete

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Anjali Bhagwat

Indian rifle shooter

Assorted sports balls including a basketball, football, soccer ball, tennis ball, baseball and others.

American Sports Nicknames