Achille Paroche
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Nicolas Achille•Paroche |
| Used name | Achille•Paroche |
| Born | 1 March 1868 in Sery, Ardennes (FRA) |
| Died | 27 May 1933 in Signy-l'Abbaye, Ardennes (FRA) |
| Measurements | 170 cm |
| NOC |  France |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 1 |
| Silver | 3 |
| Bronze | 1 |
| Total | 5 |
Biography
A French army captain, Achille Paroche was a prolific rifle shooter, but also occasionally successful with a hand weapon. Not counting his exploits at the Paris Olympics (which doubled as World Championships), he won the stunning total of 27 World Championship medals. His most dominant performance was at the 1898 edition in Torino, where he won the individual and team free rifle, as well as the free rifle standing competition, while adding silvers in the prone and kneeling events. All his other titles came in the free rifle prone competition, which he won in 1900 (thus making him Olympic champion as well), 1910 and 1913. His best pistol results came in 1900 (silver individually and with the team) and 1901 (another team silver). Between 1898 and 1914, Paroche only twice failed to win a medal with the French free rifle team; in 1903 no Frenchmen travelled to Argentina, and in 1912 he was left off the squad. Paroche’s last international medal came in 1921, when he won silver in the army rifle standing competition. A year earlier he had won his fifth Olympic medal, 20 years after his first four, in the military rifle team event.
Results
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Shooting Championships (7–15–9 1898 Torino gold: 300 m free rifle 3 positions, 300 m free rifle standing, and 300 m free rifle 3 positions team, silver: 300 m free rifle kneeling and 300 m free rifle prone; 1899 Loosduinen silver: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1900 Paris (Olympics) gold: 50 m free pistol and 300 m free rifle prone, silver: 50 m free pistol team, bronze: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1901 Luzern silver: 50 m free pistol team, bronze: 300 m free rifle prone and 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1902 Roma bronze: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1904 Lyon silver: 300 m free rifle prone, bronze: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1905 Bruxelles bronze: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1906 Milano silver: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1907 Zürich bronze: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1908 Wien bronze: 300 m free rifle prone and 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1909 Hamburg silver: 300 m free rifle 3 positions, 300 m free rifle prone, and 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1910 Loosduinen gold: 300 m free rifle prone, silver: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1911 Roma silver: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1913 Camp Perry gold: 300 m free rifle prone, silver: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1914 Viborg silver: 300 m free rifle 3 positions team; 1921 Lyon silver: 300 m military rifle standing)