John Butt (sport shooter) explained

John Butt
Full Name:John Hurst Butt
Birth Date:30 October 1850
Birth Place:South Witham, Lincolnshire, England
Death Place:Surrey, England
Sport:Sports shooting
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John Hurst Butt (30 October 1850 – 1939) was a British sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

In the 1908 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the team trap shooting event and was 24th in the individual trap shooting event. Four years later, he won a silver medal in the team clay pigeons event and was 19th in the trap event.[2]

Notes and References

  1. John Butt . 2014-02-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020115359/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/john-butt-1.html . 20 October 2013 .
  2. Web site: John Butt . Olympedia . 11 April 2021.