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 OlympicsEdit
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Johnson finished his ranking round with a total of 653 points. This gave him the 40th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Andrey Abramov in the first round. Both scored 109 points in the regular match and they had to go to an extra round. In this extra round Abramov scored 25 points, while Johnson advanced to the second round with 26 points. There he faced eight seeded Im Dong-Hyun, who was too strong with 115-106.[1]
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 OlympicsEdit
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.
butch, johnson, this, article, about, archer, former, dallas, cowboys, player, american, football, richard, andrew, butch, johnson, born, august, 1955, worcester, massachusetts, archer, from, woodstock, connecticut, united, states, competed, summer, olympics, . This article is about the archer For the former Dallas Cowboys player see Butch Johnson American football Richard Andrew Butch Johnson born August 30 1955 in Worcester Massachusetts is an archer from Woodstock Connecticut in the United States He has competed in the Summer Olympics five times and was a part of the gold medal U S team at the 1996 Olympics and the bronze medal U S team in the 2000 Olympics Butch JohnsonPersonal informationFull nameRichard Andrew JohnsonBornAugust 30 1955 1955 08 30 age 68 Worcester Massachusetts U S Medal record Men s archeryRepresenting the United StatesOlympic Games1996 Atlanta Team2000 Sydney TeamPan American Games1999 Winnipeg Team2007 Rio de Janeiro Team1995 Mar del Plata Individual 70 m 1995 Mar del Plata IndividualWorld Championships1999 Riom Team recurve Contents 1 2004 Summer Olympics 2 2008 Summer Olympics 3 After the Olympics 4 References2004 Summer Olympics EditAt 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 EditAt the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Johnson finished his ranking round with a total of 653 points This gave him the 40th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Andrey Abramov in the first round Both scored 109 points in the regular match and they had to go to an extra round In this extra round Abramov scored 25 points while Johnson advanced to the second round with 26 points There he faced eight seeded Im Dong Hyun who was too strong with 115 106 1 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 EditToday 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 Edit a b Athlete biography Richard Johnson Beijing2008 cn The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Archived from the original on September 6 2008 Retrieved August 17 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Butch Johnson amp oldid 1044903050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
