John Nairn Primrose (born 28 May 1942) is a Canadian

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who competed at six Olympics from 1968 to 1992 (excluding 1980).

Career

His best position was seventh in the Mixed Trap in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. John won a gold medal in the 1975 Trap World Championships and the 1983 World Championships (see "Olympic Trap"). A high-light was winning the gold medal at the

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in Edmonton in 1978. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame after winning his first Commonwealth gold medal in New Zealand. John, a member of

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, is the son of Justice Neil Primrose and the grandson of a lieutenant governor of Alberta,

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. He is one of only fifteen shooters to compete at six Olympic Games. In 1985, he was made a Member of the

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1942 births Living people Canadian male sport shooters Members of the Order of Canada Olympic shooters for Canada Trap and double trap shooters Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ottawa

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Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Shooters at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Shooters at the 1975 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1979 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1987 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian people Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games {{Canada-sportshooting-bio-stub

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