John Forman (April 27, 1925 – February 24, 1998) was an American

sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

. He competed in the

25 metre pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber spo ...

event at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

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1925 births 1998 deaths American male sport shooters Shooters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the United States Sportspeople from Jackson, Mississippi Shooters at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in shooting Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in shooting 20th-century American sportspeople {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub