Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen (15 March 1878 – 3 April 1973)[1] was a Swiss judge and shooter. He won two gold medals and a bronze medal at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens.
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| Born | 15 March 1878 Dijon, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 April 1973 (aged 95) Geneva, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Geneva | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Shooter, judge | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editMarcel Meyer de Stadelhofen was born in Dijon, France.[2] He earned a PhD at the University of Geneva.[1] In 1914, Meyer de Stadelhofen married Anne Louise Marie Jeanne Torrenté, an engineer's daughter.[1]
De Stadelhofen died on 3 April 1973 in Geneva, Switzerland.[1]
Career
editAt the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, de Stadelhofen won the Free rifle, free position, 300m event, and the Free rifle 300m team event, alongside Alfred Grütter, Jean Reich, Louis Richardet, and Konrad Stäheli.[1][3][4] He also came third in the Free rifle, kneeling event.[3][4] De Stadelhofen came seventh in the Men's Military Rifle, Kneeling Or Standing, 300 metres event, and also competed in five other shooting events at the Games, finishing 15th or lower in all of them.[2]
De Stadelhofen won seven world championship team events (from 1906 to 1910 inclusive, 1912 and 1914).[1][5] He also won bronze medals in 1907 and 1912 in the 300m Rifle 3 Positions Men event, a bronze medal in the 1909 300m Free Rifle 40 shots standing event, and a silver medal in the 300m Free Rifle 40 shots kneeling event.[5][6] From 1906 to 1909, he was a director of the Swiss Cycling union.[1] In 1912, de Stadelhofen was a founding member of the Swiss Olympic Committee. He served as the organisation's president between 1915 and 1921.[1] Between 1918 and 1935, de Stadelhofen sat on the Geneva Grand Council, as an independent until 1930, and then as an independent Christian socialist.[1] From 1935, de Stadelhofen was a judge for the council.[1]
Works
edit- De Stadelhofen, Marcel Meyer, De L'Assurance Collective Contre Les Accidents Du Travail: Specialement En Suisse Et En France (On Collective Insurance Against Accidents at Work: Especially In Switzerland And France), 1908, ISBN 9781160400725
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen" (in French). Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. 2018. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ a b Mallon, Bill (2015). The 1906 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476609515.
- ^ a b Posey, Carl (November 2015). III Olympiad: St. Louis 1904, Athens 1906. Warwick Press. ISBN 9781987944037.
- ^ a b "Schießen – Weltmeisterschaften: Gewehrdisziplinen 300 m" (in German). Sport Komplett. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Marcel MEYER DE STADELHOFEN". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.