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Jul Braathe

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Competed in Intercalated Games
SexMale
Full nameJulius Olaissen "Jul"•Braathe (Olaissen-)
Used nameJul•Braathe
Born4 May 1874 in Trøgstad, Indre Østfold, Viken (NOR)
Died8 July 1914 (aged 40 years 2 months 4 days) in Kolbotnvannet, Oppegård, Viken (NOR)
AffiliationsOslo Østre Skytterlag, Oslo (NOR)
NOC Norway
Medals OG IG
Gold 1 0
Silver 0 1
Bronze 0 0
Total 1 1

Biography

Jul Braathe was an agricultural worker from Østfold at the Oslofjord. He later lived on the Nesodden peninsula. In 1903, he became shooting king at the National Shooting Championships in Lillehammer, the first from the Kristiania (Oslo) Østre Skytterlag. He was a member of the club since 1898. Braathe competed in two Olympic Games and the 1906 Intercalated Games winning silver (1906) and gold (1908) in the free rifle, three positions team event. He drowned in 1940 at the age of 40 in Lake Kolbotntjernet, less than one year after he married his wife Elise, after suffering a heart attack while rowing on the lake.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1906 Intercalated Games Shooting NOR Jul Braathe
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Team, Men (Intercalated) Norway 2 Silver
Free Rifle, Any Position, 300 metres, Men (Intercalated) 6
Military Rifle, 1873-1874 Gras Model, Kneeling Or Standing, 200 metres, Men (Intercalated) 26
Military Rifle, Kneeling Or Standing, 300 metres, Men (Intercalated) 6
1908 Summer Olympics Shooting NOR Jul Braathe
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men (Olympic) 6
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Team, Men (Olympic) Norway 1 Gold
1912 Summer Olympics Shooting NOR Jul Braathe
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men (Olympic) 29
Military Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men (Olympic) 15

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