John Boles (marksman)
| John Boles medal table |
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 United States
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| gold | Paris 1924 | Serial Deer, single shot |
| bronze | Paris 1924 | Serial Deer, single shot (M) |
| World championships | ||
| gold | Milan 1922 | Free rifle three position (M) |
| silver | Camp Perry 1923 | Free rifle lying 300 m |
| bronze | Camp Perry 1923 | Free rifle standing 300 m |
| gold | Camp Perry 1923 | Free rifle three position (M) |
| gold | Reims 1924 | Free rifle three position (M) |
| silver | St. Gallen 1925 | Free rifle three position (M) |
| bronze | Lwów 1931 | KK lying 100 + 200 m |
| gold | Lwów 1931 | Serial Deer, single shot |
| gold | Lwów 1931 | Serial Deer, double shot |
John Keith Boles (born January 31, 1888 in Fort Smith , † July 16, 1952 in San Antonio ) was an American sports marksman .
successes
John Boles took part in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris , where he competed in five competitions. With the small caliber rifle, he took twelfth place in the prone position. In the running deer discipline he achieved the best result with 40 hits in a single shot and thus became Olympic champion in front of Cyril Mackworth-Praed and Otto Olsen , while he finished the competition in seventh place in a double shot. In the team competitions he was fifth in the double shot, in the single shot he won the bronze medal together with Dennis Fenton , Raymond Coulter and Walter Stokes . 1922 in Milan , 1923 in Camp Perry and 1924 in Reims , Boles won the world title with the team in the three-position fight with the free rifle. He also secured silver with her in 1925 in St. Gallen . In individual competitions in 1923 he won silver with the free rifle in the prone position and bronze in the standing position. 1931 Boles was in Lwów both single shot and double shot world champion . With the small caliber rifle in the prone position, he won bronze.
Boles was a career soldier. After several years of membership in the Arkansas National Guard , he joined the US Army in 1912 and served for several years in the Philippines . At the time of the 1924 Games, he held the rank of major . He eventually retired from active duty as a Colonel . His son John Boles junior also made a career in the US Army and rose to the rank of general.
Web links
- John Boles in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Boles, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boles, John Keith (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Smith , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1952 |
| Place of death | San Antonio , United States |