John Kynoch

John Kynoch
Personal information
Born	18 March 1933 (age 91)
Sport
Sport	Sport shooting
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing United Kingdom
Olympic Games

John Marriott Kynoch (born 18 March 1933) is a sport shooter who has competed for Great Britain. He won the bronze medal in running game target at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.^[1]^[2]

Born and raised in New Zealand,^[3] Kynoch was educated at Huntley School from 1941 to 1946^[4] and Nelson College between 1947 and 1950.^[5] He did a short course at Massey Agricultural College before emigrating to Banffshire, Scotland in the early 1950s to work in the family woollen mill.^[3]^[4]^[6]

References

^ ".Sports Reference Biography". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ "Database Olympics Profile". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "How a camera click stopped Olympian from throwing away his medal". Southern Reporter. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Huntley old boys/girls: John Kynoch 1941–1946". 6 August 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
^ Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition (CD-ROM)
^ "Olympic impressions at Probus club". Probus Club of Basingstoke. 19 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.