Jesse Wallingford
Portrait of Captain Jesse Wallingford | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 January 1872 Woolwich, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 June 1944 (aged 72) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jesse Alfred Wallingford (25 January 1872 – 6 June 1944) was a British sport shooter, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was also an assistant adjutant with the New Zealand Army, during World War One.
In the 1908 Olympics, Wallingford won a bronze medal in the team pistol event. He was also fifth in the individual pistol event, sixth in team free rifle event and tenth in 300 m free rifle event. The same year, he set a mad minute record, scoring 36 hits in one minute on a 48-inch target at 300 yards.