Léon Johnson
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 Léon Johnson (before 1928) |
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | London 1908 | FG three position fight 300 m (M) |
| silver | Antwerp 1920 | AG lying 300 m |
| silver | Antwerp 1920 | AG horizontal 300 m (M) |
| World championships | ||
| bronze | Vienna 1908 | FG three position fight (M) |
| silver | Hamburg 1909 | FG three position fight (M) |
| silver | Loosduinen 1910 | FG three position fight (M) |
| silver | Biarritz 1912 | FG three position fight (M) |
| silver | Camp Perry 1913 | FG three position fight (M) |
| silver | Camp Perry 1913 | Free pistol (M) |
| silver | Viborg 1914 | Free pistol (M) |
| bronze | Lyon 1921 | AG three position fight |
| bronze | Lyon 1921 | AG lying 300 m |
| bronze | Lyon 1921 | FG three position fight (M) |
| bronze | Lyon 1921 | Free pistol (M) |
| bronze | Reims 1924 | FG three position fight (M) |
Léon Édouard Johnson (born February 29, 1876 in Nice , † January 2, 1943 in Paris ) was a French sports shooter .
successes
Léon Johnson took part in three Olympic Games . In 1908 he won the bronze medal behind Norway and Sweden with the free rifle in London together with Eugène Balme , André Parmentier , Albert Courquin , Maurice Lecoq and Raoul de Boigne . Four years later he stayed in Stockholm without winning a medal, but narrowly missed the podium twice. Both in the three-position battle with the free rifle and with the small-bore rifle in the prone position, he took fourth place in the team competition. At the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 he competed in ten disciplines and won two silver medals. In the prone position with the army rifle he achieved second place in the individual behind Otto Olsen and in front of Fritz Kuchen as well as in the team competition alongside Achille Paroche , André Parmentier, Georges Roes and Émile Rumeau . In six other disciplines he was among the top six in the ranking.
At world championships , Johnson won six silver and six bronze medals, including three with the pistol . He secured ten of his twelve medals with the team, the other two he won in 1921 in Lyon with the army rifle in a three-position battle and in a prone position.
Johnson was Mayor of Montesson from 1919 to 1928 , where later a street was named after him, Avenue Léon Johnson .
Web links
- Léon Johnson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Johnson, Leon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johnson, Léon Édouard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nice , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1943 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |