Arthur Jackson (sport shooter)

Arthur Jackson

Personal information
Born	(1918-05-15)May 15, 1918 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died	January 6, 2015(2015-01-06) (aged 96) Concord, New Hampshire, United States
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  United States Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki 50 metre rifle prone ISSF World Shooting Championships 1949 Buenos Aires 50+100 m rifle prone position, individual 1952 Oslo 50 m rifle prone position (60 shots), individual 1952 Oslo 50 m rifle prone position (60 shots), team 1952 Oslo 50 m rifle prone position (40 shots), individual 1954 Caracas 50+100 m rifle prone position, team 1949 Buenos Aires 50+100 m rifle prone position, team 1952 Oslo 300 m standard rifle, individual 1952 Oslo 50 m rifle prone position (40 shots), team Pan American Games 1951 Buenos Aires Men's 50 m rifle, three positions, individual 1951 Buenos Aires Men's 50 m rifle, prone, individual 1955 Mexico City Men's 50 m rifle, three positions, individual 1955 Mexico City Men's 50 m rifle, three positions, team 1955 Mexico City Men's 50 m rifle, prone, individual 1955 Mexico City Men's 50 m rifle, prone, team 1955 Mexico City Men's 50 m high power rifle, three positions, team 1951 Buenos Aires Men's 50 m high power rifle, three positions, individual

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Charles Jackson (May 15, 1918 – January 6, 2015) was an American competitive sport shooter. In his international career, he captured numerous medals across three Summer Olympic Games, three ISSF World Shooting Championships, and two editions of the Pan American Games. He began shooting in the seventh grade and joined the rifle team at Brooklyn Technical High School in 1934. He competed in local and regional tournaments prior to World War II, during which he worked at the Sperry Corporation and later served as a bombardier in the Pacific Theater of Operations. His first international tournament was the 1948 Summer Olympics and his last was the 1956 edition, at which point he began a career in public service with the Central Intelligence Agency in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He stopped competing at the international level in 1957 and retired from the CIA at the end of 1974. After several years as an instructor and coach, he continued participating in smaller tournaments through the 1990s.

Jackson was born on May 15, 1918 in Brooklyn. He first started shooting during the seventh grade, when his hobby of shooting marbles cost him his job at a dry cleaning and tailoring shop. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School, where he joined the rifle team after saving for a year to afford the fifteen cent ammunition fee for the tryouts. He won his first team event in 1934 at a tournament in New Haven, Connecticut, obtaining individual honors in the process, and followed it up in 1936 with a group trophy and another individual accolade at a competition held at his high school and sponsored by the . Following graduation, he briefly worked at General Motors prior to taking up a position at an engineering firm that specialized in diesel engines.

Jackson also followed his sporting pursuits after graduation and soon joined the Woodhaven American Legion Auxiliary Rifle Club, where his coach was Morris Fisher, a five-time Olympic gold medalist. After taking part in several regional tournaments, with varying degrees of success, he enrolled in the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now the Polytechnic Institute of New York University) in 1939 and began competing in the collegiate league. His success in local and state events grew and he continued participating in these and regional tournaments prior to the United States' entry into World War II.

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