John Williams (archer)
| John Williams (archer) medal table |
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 United States
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| gold | 1972 Munich | singles |
| World championships | ||
| gold | 1971 | singles |
| gold | 1971 | team |
| silver | 1969 | singles |
John Chester Williams (born September 12, 1953 in Cranesville , Pennsylvania ) is an American archer .
Williams first international success was the second place in singles at the World Archery Championships in 1969. In 1971 he won both the individual world championship and, together with Edwin Eliason and Larry Smith , the team world championship. He confirmed these successes the following year by winning the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Munich .
In 1976 he wrote an archery textbook, Archery for beginners .
In his hometown, John Williams Avenue was named after him.
In 2015 he was inducted into the Archery Hall of Fame .
plant
- John C. Williams, Glenn Helgeland: Textbook of Archery . 16th edition. Verlag Weinmann, Berlin 2010, ISBN 3-87892-050-4 (English: Archery For Beginners . Translated by Ernst Smitmans).
Web links
- John Williams in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- John Williams on the official website of the Archery Hall of Fame (English)
1972: John Williams | 1976: Darrell Pace | 1980: Tomi Poikolainen | 1984: Darrell Pace | 1988: Jay Barrs | 1992: Sébastien Flute | 1996: Justin Huish | 2000: Simon Fairweather | 2004: Marco Galiazzo | 2008: Wiktor Ruban | 2012: Oh Jin-hyek | 2016: Ku Bon-chan
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| SURNAME | Williams, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Williams, John Chester |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American archer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cranesville , Pennsylvania , United States |