John Henry Writer (born September 17, 1944) is a retired

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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. Writer has been inducted into the USA Shooting Hall of fame.

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* 1944 births Living people Sportspeople from Chicago American male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in shooting West Virginia Mountaineers rifle shooters Shooters at the 1967 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1971 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games {{US-sportshooting-Olympic-medalist-stub