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Michael Kelly (sport shooter)

American sport shooter (1872–1923)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ2747005 ↗
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Michael Kelly (March 29, 1872 – May 3, 1923) was an American sport shooter, born in Attymon, County Galway, Ireland, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he won the gold medal as member of the American team in the team 30 metre military pistol competition as well as in the 50 metre free pistol event.

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The public source identifies “Michael Kelly (sport shooter)” as american sport shooter (1872–1923). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Michael, Kelly and sport.

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This entry incorporates text from “Michael Kelly (sport shooter)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.