Achille Paroche
Nicolas Achille Paroche was a French sport shooter who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics.
Paroche competed in 1900 at Paris and won a total of four Olympic medals. He won the gold medal in the military rifle competition, two silver medals in the military pistol individual and team events and a bronze medal with the French team in the military rifle team competition. He was also seventh in the Shooting at the [1900 Summer Olympics – Military rifle, three positions|individual military rifle, 3 positions event], 16th in the Shooting at the 1900 [Summer Olympics – Military rifle, kneeling|military rifle, kneeling event] and 19th in the military rifle, standing event.
Twenty years later at Antwerp, Paroche won a silver medal in the Team 300 m military rifle event. He was also fourth in the Shooting at the [1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 and 600 metre team military rifle, prone|team military rifle, 300 m + 600 m event], fifth in the individual 300 m military rifle, prone event, in the team 50 m [small bore rifle event], in the team 300 m military rifle, standing event and in the team 600 m military rifle event and seventh in the team free rifle event. He also participated in the individual 300 m free rifle, 3 positions event, in the individual 300 m military rifle, standing event and in the individual 50 m small bore rifle event, but his placement in these competitions is unknown.