Harold Humby
sport shooter (1879-1923)
Harold Robinson "Harry" Humby (8 April 1879 – 23 February 1923) was a British sport shooter, who competed at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.
In the 1908 Olympics, he won a gold medal in the team small-bore rifle event, a silver medal in the stationary target small-bore rifle event, and was eighth in the disappearing target small-bore rifle event. Four years later, he won a silver medal in the team clay pigeons event and was fourth in individual trap event.
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