William Lane-Joynt

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Sport shooting

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Olympic games
silver London 1908 Serial Deer, single shot (M)

William Russell Lane-Joynt (born March 27, 1855 in Limerick , † June 6, 1921 in Dublin ) was a British marksman and philatelist .

successes

William Lane Joynt took part in the 1908 Olympic Games in London in part in four disciplines. With the free pistol , he finished 14th in the individual competition. On the running deer he reached the sixth place in a single shot and 13th place in a double shot. In the team competition, only two teams, Great Britain and Sweden, started in a single shot. Sweden narrowly prevailed with 86 to 85 points, so Lane-Joynt, who achieved the second-best result of the British with 22 points , received the silver medal together with Charles Nix , William Ellicott and Thomas Ranken .

Lane-Joynt was a barrister and philatelist . He founded the Irish Philatelic Society , serving as its first president, and was a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London . In 1921 he was included in the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  2. ^ Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Double Shot. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
  3. ^ Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot, Team. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Lane-Joynt, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lane-Joynt, William Russell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British marksman
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Limerick , UK
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1921
Place of death Dublin , UK