Lones Wigger

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Olympic medal record
Shooting
Gold	1964 Tokyo	small bore rifle 3 positions
Gold	1972 Munich	free rifle
Silver	1964 Tokyo	small bore rifle prone

Lones Wesley Wigger, Jr. (Born August 15, 1937) retired as a Lt. Colonel U.S.A. Wigger, as member of the United States Olympic team on four occasions.^[1]

He was born in Great Falls, Montana.

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. In 1972, Wigger won the gold medal for free rifle, 3 position, with a score of 1155.^[2]

Lones Wigger was on the Army Marksmanship Unit, and competed in international matches representing the United States for 20 years. He has held many U.S. records and won dozens of National Championships held dozens of world records and won more awards in total than any other shooter in history.

He was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame in June of 2008.^[3]

His daughter Deena Wigger was on the 1988 Olympic air rifle squad.

His son Ron Wigger is currently the head rifle coach of the West Point rifle team, and has been for thirteen seasons. Under him, the team has qualified for the championships for the past nine seasons, capturing the title in 2005, bronze in 2006 and silver for two years after that.

References

↑ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Lones Wigger Jr.". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
↑ "Lones Wigger, Sr. Obituary".
↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/28735938@N08

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v t e Olympic champions in men's 50 metre rifle three positions

1952: Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug 1956: Anatoli Bogdanov 1960: Viktor Shamburkin 1964: Lones Wigger 1968: Bernd Klingner 1972: John Writer 1976: Lanny Bassham 1980: Viktor Vlasov 1984: Malcolm Cooper 1988: Malcolm Cooper 1992: Hrachya Petikyan 1996: Jean-Pierre Amat 2000: Rajmond Debevec 2004: Jia Zhanbo 2008: Qiu Jian 2012: Niccolò Campriani

v t e Olympic champions in men's 300 metre rifle three positions

1908: Albert Helgerud 1912: Paul Colas 1920: Morris Fisher 1924: Morris Fisher 1948: Emil Grünig 1952: Anatoli Bogdanov 1956: Vasily Borisov 1960: Hubert Hammerer 1964: Gary Anderson 1968: Gary Anderson 1972: Lones Wigger

Persondata
Name	Wigger, Lones
Alternative names	Wigger Jr., Lones
Short description	Sport shooter and soldier
Date of birth	August 15, 1937
Place of birth	Great Falls, Montana
Date of death
Place of death

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