John Black (26 October 1882 – 16 October 1924) was a Canadian sports shooter. He was born in Coylton in

South Ayrshire South Ayrshire ( sco, Sooth Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir a Deas, ) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. On 30 June 2 ...

, Scotland. Competing for Canada, he won a silver medal in team clay pigeons at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

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. He also competed at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. He died at

Winnipeg General Hospital Winnipeg General Hospital is a hospital that was founded in 1872 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was built on the estate of Andrew McDermot. The driving force behind the hospital was McDermott's son-in-law Andrew Bannatyne Andrew Graham Ballenden Banna ...

on 16 October 1924.

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1882 births 1924 deaths Sportspeople from South Ayrshire Canadian male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting 20th-century Canadian people British emigrants to Canada People from Coylton {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub