John Russell (equestrian)
Colonel John William Russell (February 2, 1920 – September 30, 2020) was an American equestrian. He won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He helped organize two World Modern Pentathlon Championships. He retired and opened the Russell Equestrian Center and was added into the United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame in 2001.[1]
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| Full name | John William Russell | ||||||||||||
| Born | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., Expression error: Unrecognized word "february".Expression error: Unrecognized word "february". Dauphin, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | September 30, 2020 (aged 100) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
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Russell died on September 30, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 100.[2]
References
- ↑ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (July 2016). "John Russell Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
- ↑ Olympedia: John Russell
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