John Butt (sport shooter)

John Butt
Personal information
Full nameJohn Hurst Butt
Born(1850-10-30)30 October 1850
South Witham, Lincolnshire, England
Died1939 (aged 88–89)
Surrey, England
Sport
SportSports shooting
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Team trap
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Team trap shooting

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]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Butt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. ^ "John Butt". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 April 2021.