John Writer

{{short description|American sport shooter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = John Writer | image = John Writer 1972.jpg | caption = Writer at the 1972 Olympics | fullname = John Henry Writer | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 17, 1944}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wr/john-writer-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105918/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wr/john-writer-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=John Writer |accessdate=September 13, 2015}}</ref> |sport=Shooting |height=176 cm |weight=68 kg |club = U.S. Army | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 1972 Munich | {{nowrap|50 m rifle 3 positions}}}} {{MedalSilver| {{nowrap|1968 Mexico City}} | 50 m rifle 3 positions}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|1967 Winnipeg|3×40 3 positions, team}} {{MedalGold|1971 Cali|3×40 3 positions, team}} {{MedalGold|1975 Mexico City|3×40 3 positions, team}} {{MedalCompetition|World championships}} {{MedalGold|1970 Phoenix|300 m free rifle standing 40 shots, team}} {{MedalGold|1970 Phoenix|50 m free rifle standing 40 shots, team}} {{MedalGold|1970 Phoenix|50 m standard rifle 3×20 shots, ind.}} {{MedalSilver|1970 Phoenix|300 m free rifle kneeling 40 shots, team}} {{MedalBronze|1970 Phoenix|300 m free rifle standing 40 shots, ind.}} {{MedalSilver|1970 Phoenix|50 m standard rifle 3×20 shots, team}} {{MedalSilver|1970 Phoenix|50 m free rifle kneeling 40 shots, team}} {{MedalBronze|1970 Phoenix|50 m free rifle standing 40 shots, ind.}} {{MedalGold|1974 Thun|300 m free rifle standing 40 shots, team}} {{MedalGold|1974 Thun|300 m free rifle prone 40 shots, team}} {{MedalGold|1974 Thun|50 m free rifle standing 40 shots, team}} {{MedalSilver|1974 Thun|300 m free rifle kneeling 40 shots, team}} {{MedalSilver|1974 Thun|50 m standard rifle 3×20 shots, team}} {{MedalSilver|1974 Thun|50 m free rifle kneeling 40 shots, team}} {{MedalBronze|1974 Thun|50 m free rifle kneeling 40 shots, ind.}} {{MedalSilver|1974 Thun|10 m air rifle, team}} }}

'''John Henry Writer''' (born September 17, 1944) is a retired American rifle shooter. He competed in the 50 m three positions event at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively.

Competing for West Virginia, Writer won the U.S. intercollegiate championships in 1964–1966 and the 1967 national title in smallbore rifle, three position. At the 1972 Olympics he set new world records in the total (1,166) and in the standing phase (381). Writer also won multiple medals at the Pan-American Games in 1967–1975 and at the world championships in 1970–1974.<ref name=sr/><ref name="Olderr2003"/>

Writer has been inducted into the USA Shooting Hall of fame.<ref name=hall-of-fame>{{cite web |url=https://www.usashooting.org/about/alumni-association/hall-of-fame/john-h-writer |website=usashooting.org |title=Hall of Fame - John H. Writer |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>

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<ref name="Olderr2003">{{cite book|author=Steven Olderr|title=The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951–1999, edicion bilingue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXIwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA214|date=2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4336-9|page=214}}</ref>

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