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Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
American markswoman
Olympic medal winner Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Indian rifle shooter
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
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