Konrad Stäheli facts for kids

The Swiss national shooting team dominated the medal table in Paris 1900 (in the photo there are Stäheli, Probst, Lüthi, Röderer, Richardet, Grütter, Kellenberger, Böckli and a 9th member that does not appear in the official reports of the Games)
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Born	17 December 1866 Egnach, Switzerland
Died	5 November 1931(1931-11-05) (aged 64) St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height	168 cm
Sport
Country	Suisse
Sport	Shoting
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 1 Intercalated Games 2 2 1 World Championships 38 17 10 Olympic Games Gold 1900 Paris 50 metre team pistol Gold 1900 Paris 300 metre kneeling free rifle Gold 1900 Paris 300 metre team free rifle Bronze 1900 Paris 50 metre pistol Intercalated Games Gold 1906 Athens Free rifle, kneeling Gold 1906 Athens Team free rifle Silver 1906 Athens Free rifle, 3 positions Silver 1906 Athens Free rifle, free position Bronze 1906 Athens Free rifle, prone

Konrad Stäheli (17 December 1866 – 5 November 1931) was a Swiss sports shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century and participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1906 Intercalated Games.

Biography

He participated in shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won three gold medals – in the Military Pistol team and the Military Rifle team, and in the Military Rifle individual. He also won a bronze medal in the free pistol competition; fellow Swiss shooter Karl Roderer won gold. Participating in shooting at the 1906 Intercalated Games at Athens, Stäheli took five more medals – a gold medal, two silver medals and a bronze medal in the individual rifle events, and another gold medal in the team rifle competition. His nine total medals in Olympic shooting competition remained a record until the United States' Carl Osburn won 11, all in rifle events, between 1912 and 1924.

Stäheli also won the 1906 World Championship in 50 m Pistol. In 1909, in Hamburg, Germany, Stäheli became the first ever person to break the 1000 point barrier in the free rifle event.

Achievements

Stäheli won 44 medals in the individual events (69 medals counting the events team) at the World Shooting Championships.

He won 38 gold, 17 silver and 10 bronze at the World Championships and 3 gold and 1 bronze at the Summer Olympics, but in 1900 Summer Olympics the events were valid as World Championship, therefore the total is 41/17/11.

Discipline	Years	Individual				Team				Total
					Tot.				Tot.				Tot.
300 m Rifle 3 positions	1898–1914	6	4	2	12	0	0	0	0	6	4	2	12
300 m Free Rifle Prone 40 shots	1898–1914	4	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	7
300 m Free Rifle Standing 40 shots	1898–1914	1	3	1	5	14	0	1	15	15	4	2	21
300 m Free Rifle Kneeling 40 shots	1898–1914	9	3	1	13	0	0	0	0	9	3	1	13
50 m Pistol	1900–1909	1	1	3	5	3	4	1	8	4	5	4	13
		21	13	8	42	17	4	2	23	38	17	10	65

See also

• World Shooting Championship Multiple Medallist