Ted Ranken

{{Short description|British sport shooter (1875–1950)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ted Ranken Thomas (Tom) Ranken. | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|5|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1950|4|27|1875|5|18|df=yes}} | death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | height = | weight = | website = | country = | sport = Sports shooting | event = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR}} }} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver| 1908 London | Single-shot running deer}} {{MedalSilver| 1908 London | Double-shot running deer}} {{MedalSilver| 1908 London | Team running deer}} | show-medals = yes }} '''Thomas "Ted" Ranken''' (18 May 1875 – 27 April 1950), was a British sport shooter, who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1924 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42408 |title=Ted Ranken |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>

In the 1908 Olympics, he won silver medals in the single-shot running deer event, the double-shot running deer event, and the team single-shot running deer event. He was also fifth in the 1000 yard free rifle event.<ref name="sportsref">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/ted-ranken-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171806/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/ted-ranken-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Sports Reference: Ted Ranken |accessdate=2014-02-08 |publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070223195654/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RANKETED01 profile] *{{sports links}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranken, Ted}} Category:1875 births Category:1950 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Edinburgh Category:British male sport shooters Category:Olympic shooters for Great Britain Category:Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Category:Olympic medalists in shooting Category:Scottish Olympic competitors Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Category:20th-century British sportsmen