Margaret Murdock

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Women's Shooting
Competitor for  United States
Olympic Games
Silver	1976 Montreal	50 m Rifle- Three Positions

Margaret Thompson Murdock is an American shooter and United States Army officer. She won a varsity letter at Kansas State by competing on the men’s rifle team.^[1] Furthermore, she was the 1966 World Champion in Women's Standard Rifle.^[2] She was also the first woman on the U.S. Olympic shooting team (in 1976) and the first woman to win a medal in shooting at the Olympic Games.^[3] She won a silver medal that year, after tying with Lanny Bassham, the U.S. team captain.^[4] Olympic rules forbade a shoot-off, which Bassham had requested.^[5] During the national anthem, Bassham pulled Murdock up to stand with him on the gold medal spot at the podium.^[6] In 1992 she was named to the U.S. International Shooting Hall of Fame.^[7]

References

1. ^ http://sportsmanagementdegree.org/2010/20-inspirational-female-athletes-who-won-in-a-mans-sport/
2. ^ "U.S. Markswoman Wins Silver, Nearly the Gold". Los Angeles Times: p. D8. July 22, 1976. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/644122672.html?dids=644122672:644122672&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+22%2C+1976&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=U.S.+Markswoman+Wins+Silver%2C+Nearly+the+Gold&pqatl=google. Retrieved 29 November 2009. 
3. ^ http://sportsmanagementdegree.org/2010/20-inspirational-female-athletes-who-won-in-a-mans-sport/
4. ^ http://sportsmanagementdegree.org/2010/20-inspirational-female-athletes-who-won-in-a-mans-sport/
5. ^ http://sportsmanagementdegree.org/2010/20-inspirational-female-athletes-who-won-in-a-mans-sport/
6. ^ http://sportsmanagementdegree.org/2010/20-inspirational-female-athletes-who-won-in-a-mans-sport/
7. ^ http://sportsmanagementdegree.org/2010/20-inspirational-female-athletes-who-won-in-a-mans-sport/

• U.S. Shooting Team Alumni Association – USA Shooting Hall of Fame – Margaret Thompson Murdock

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