Military Wiki
Advertisement
Harcourt Ommundsen
Born (1878-11-23)23 November 1878
Died 19 September 1915(1915-09-19) (aged 36)
Belgium
Nationality United Kingdom
Known for Olympic medalist

Harcourt Ommundsen (23 November 1878 – 19 September 1915) was a British sport shooter, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.

In the 1908 Olympics he won a silver medal in the team military rifle event.

Four years later he won a silver medal in the team military rifle event and was seventh in the 600 metre free rifle event.

Ommundsen was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a lieutenant with the Honourable Artillery Company near Ypres. He was buried at Brandhoek Military Cemetery nearby.[1]

Notes[]

  1. Ommundsen, Harcourt, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 17 August 2008

External links[]

All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at Harcourt Ommundsen and the edit history here.
Advertisement