Butch Johnson
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Full name | Richard Andrew Johnson |
Born | August 30, 1955 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | (age 68)
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Richard Andrew "Butch" Johnson (born August 30, 1955) is an American
2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Olympics, he was surprisingly eliminated by Ron van der Hoff with 135-145 in the round of 64, placing 52nd overall in men's individual archery. He later placed 4th as a member of the United States team.
2008 Summer Olympics
At the
Together with Brady Ellison and Vic Wunderle he also took part in the team event. With his 653 score from the ranking round combined with the 664 of Ellison and the 652 of Wunderle the Americans were in 10th position after the ranking round. In the first round they were not able to win against Chinese Taipei that won the confrontation by 222-218.[1]
After the Olympics
Today, Butch Johnson has maintained himself as one of the best recurve shooters in the country, has ranked in the top five in the United States and placed sixth in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Amid speculation that he would retire following the Trials, Johnson came back to finish second in the 2012 National Target Championships and won a silver medal in the 2012 Hoyt World Open, second only to number one world ranked archer Brady Ellison.
References
- ^ The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the originalon September 6, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2008.