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First girl to ever hold a world pistol record

By: Michelle Remite, Fall Editor and Reporter
December 22, 2016
Jacobs was 17 years old when she won the record.
Photo Credit: Photo via The Daily Democrat under creative commons license
Jacobs was 17 years old when she won the record.

On this day in 1939, Gloria Jacobs became the first girl to hold a world pistol record.

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