Hans Schultz (sport shooter), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Hans Schultz (sport shooter)
- Hans Christian Schultz (23 March 1864 – 26 June 1937) was a Danish sports shooter and founder of the Schultz & Larsen rifle company.
- He competed in six rifle events at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics and finished fourth and eighth with the Danish team, respectively.
- His best individual result was a 21st place.Schultz took up shooting in his teens and later served as a specialist in guns and ammunition with the Danish Army.
- By the time he moved to Otterup in 1889 he was already known as a gun expert, and frequently received rifles from other places for reparation and tuneup.
- In 1904 he founded a gunsmith workshop.
- In 1908 he learned about a talented young shooter, Niels Larsen, who dreamed of having a rifle from Schultz.
- Eventually Schultz hired Larsen in 1910.
- They competed together at the 1912 Olympics and became business partners in 1917.
- In January 1919 they opened Schultz & Larsen, a rifle manufacturing company based on the Schultz's workshop.
- Earlier in 1916 Larsen married Schultz's daughter Ellen; they had a son Uffe Schultz Larsen, who later competed in four Olympics and took over the company.
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