Edward Etzel
Appearance
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Full name | Edward Frederick Etzel, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
Born | December 6, 1952 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | (age 71)||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edward Frederick "Ed" Etzel, Jr. (born December 6, 1952) is a sports 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 New Haven, Connecticut. He competed for the U.S. Army team. As of 2016, he is a professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology at West Virginia University.[2]
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 December 4, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ "The Olympian struggle: How do Olympic athletes pay the electric bill?". salon.com. August 10, 2016.
Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from New Haven, Connecticut
- American male sport shooters
- ISSF rifle shooters
- Olympic shooters of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
- Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- American sport shooting Olympic medalist stubs
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics