William Grosvenor
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| Born | 18 July 1869 Hackney, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 June 1948 (aged 78) Hickling, Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||
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William Percy Grosvenor (18 July 1869 – 5 June 1948) was a British sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]
Grosvenor was born 18 July 1869 in Hackney, London the son of William and Emily Harriett Grosvenor.
In 1912 he won the silver medal with the British team in the team clay pigeons competition. In the individual trap event he finished 16th. At the end of 1912 he married Ida Vincent in Stroud Green, Haringey, London. Eight years later he finished fourth as a member of the British team in the team clay pigeons competition.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "William Grosvenor". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "William Grosvenor". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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