John Robert "Bob" Churchill (born 21 February 1939) is a former three positional small bore rifle shooter, who shot for the British National team in the seventies and eighties. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, three positions event at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. At the 1978 Seoul ISSF World Shooting Championships, he was gold medalist for both

individual An individual is that which exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of being an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) of being a person unique from other people and possessing one's own Maslow ...

and — alongside

Barry Dagger Barry Edward Dagger (born 19 May 1937) is a British former sport shooter. Dagger competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He represented England in the 50 metres rifle prone, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmo ...

and

Malcolm Cooper Malcolm Douglas Cooper, MBE, (20 December 1947 – 9 June 2001) was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. Sports shooting career He was the first shooter to win two consecutive gold medals in the Olympic 50 metre r ...

— the men's team events for the 50m free rifle kneeling 40 shots, kneeling position. For many years, he was a member of th
Tunbridge Wells Target Shooting club
as well as clubs i
Somerset
In 1981, he co-wrot
''Modern Air Weapon Shooting''
with Granville Davies.

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ISSF Athlete Profile
1939 births Living people British male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Great Britain Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub