Harcourt Ommundsen

Harcourt Ommundsen
Born	(1878-11-23)23 November 1878 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Died	19 September 1915(1915-09-19) (aged 36) Belgium
Nationality	British
Known for	Olympic medalist

Olympic medal record
Men's Shooting
	1908 London	Team military rifle
	1912 Stockholm	Team military rifle

Arthur Norman Victor Harcourt Ommundsen (23 November 1878 – 19 September 1915) was a British sport shooter who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.^[1][2][3]

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.^[4]

Ommundsen was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a lieutenant with the Honourable Artillery Company near Ypres.^[5] He was buried at Brandhoek Military Cemetery nearby.^[6]

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I

References

1. "Sports Reference: Harcourt Ommundsen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
2. Winner of the King's Prize, Longford Journal, July 27, 1901
3. A King's Prizeman's Estate, Sheffield Daily Telegraph, October 14, 1915
4. "Harcourt Ommundsen". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
5. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
6. Ommundsen, Harcourt, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 17 August 2008

External links

• profile
• Harcourt Ommundsen at Olympedia