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Newspaper clippings (3). Jean Foster. Pre-Olympics, 1996

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.892
Identifier: MS419.13.892

Scope and Contents

1.) “Foster owns shooting lead”. After the first day’s shooting in air(?) rifle finals Jean Foster, led the field in women’s rifle. Foster took the lead after her 9th shot, which scored 10.2 out of a possible 10.9. She scored 677.3 to edge Pam Vossen, 676.9 2.) “Bozeman’s Jean Foster second in shooting trial” The women’s 3 X 20 rifle competition runner-up after the first 2 days was Jean Foster who shot 674.5 for a 1253.5 total. 3.) “Foster’s Olympic medal bid stopped” A Yugoslavian took the lead in the finals and went on to a run-away victory in the women’s 3-positon rifle event at the Olympics. Russia took silver and Poland took 3rd. Jean Foster finished 12th in the preliminaries. Only the top 8 shooters advance to the finals.

Dates

  • 1996

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Extent

From the Collection: 6 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the McCracken Research Library Repository

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