Irving Calkins

Irving Romaro Calkins was an American physician and sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Irving Calkins was born in Palmer, Massachusetts on October 31, 1875.
He studied at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Vermont, and earned a medical degree from Baltimore Medical College in 1896.
At the 1908 Olympics, he won a gold medal in the team pistol event. He finished in eighth place in the individual pistol event. He became world champion in 1923.
He died in Springfield, Massachusetts on August 26, 1958.