Arthur Westover
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Arthur W. Westover was a Canadian
sport shooter who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
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He was born and died in Quebec
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In the 1908 Olympics he won the silver medal with the Canadian trap shooting team. In the individual trap shooting event
he finished fifth.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
sport shooter who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...
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He was born and died in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
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In the 1908 Olympics he won the silver medal with the Canadian trap shooting team. In the individual trap shooting event
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's individual trap shooting
The men's individual trap shooting competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Shooting was conducted in three rounds, with each shooter firing at 30 clay birds in the first round, 20 in the second, and 30 in the third. Eliminations took...
he finished fifth.