Lones Wigger
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Medal record
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Lones Wesley Wigger Jr. (August 25, 1937,
Wigger is often regarded as having been the greatest competitive rifle shooter ever to have taken aim for the United States. He made every Olympic Shooting Team between 1968 and 1980, he held or co-held 27 world records – 14 team and 13 individual. He won 58 National Championships of almost every variety beginning in 1963. He was a member of 16 major U.S. international teams, starting with the 1963
Wigger was a member of the Olympic shooting team in 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1980. The 1964 effort resulted in a gold medal. He won the gold for the three position small-bore rifle with a score of 1164, and also won a silver medal for small-bore rifle, prone position with a score of 597. He ran the 23rd Infantry Division Sniper School in Vietnam in 1971,[4] and won the gold medal for free rifle, 3 position, with a score of 1155 in 1972.[5]
Wigger was on the
Family
Lones Wigger's daughter,
Death
Lones Wigger died in the evening of December 14, 2017 at his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado of complications from pancreatic cancer.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Lones Wigger profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Lones Wigger Jr". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-4766-0468-8.
- ^ American Rifleman magazine, April 1978, "Hits Count" by LTC Lones Wigger, Jr.
- ^ "Lones Wigger Sr. obituary". Archived from the original on June 16, 2011.
- ^ "Chicago 2016". Secure.flickr.com. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ^ "Lones Wigger: Legend Lost". USA Shooting. USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation.
External links
- Photos of Lones Wigger
- Lones Wigger at ISSF
- Lones Wigger at Olympics.com
- Lones Wigger at Olympedia
- Lones Wigger at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame
- Lones Wigger at the Team USA Hall of Fame