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Sport
  
Sports shooting

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Name
  
Johan von

Died
  
June 13, 1945

Johan Hubner von Holst
Born
  
22 August 1881 (
1881-08-22
)
Stockholm, Sweden

Club
  
Stockholms AF Stockholms PK

Olympic medals
  
Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

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Johan Hubner von Holst (22 August 1881 – 13 June 1945) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed at the 1906, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.

In 1906 he won the silver medal in the 30 metre duelling pistol event. He also participated in the following events:

  • 25 m rapid fire pistol – fifth place
  • 50 m pistol – tenth place
  • 20 m duelling pistol – 19th place
  • 25 m army pistol (standard model) – 21st place
  • Free rifle, free position – 25th place
  • 300 m army rifle – 26th place
  • Two years later he was a member of the Swedish team which won the silver medal in the team small-bore rifle competition. He also participated in the following events:

  • Team pistol – fifth place
  • disappearing target small-bore rifle – 15th place
  • moving target small-bore rifle – 15th place
  • stationary target small-bore rifle – 18th place
  • individual pistol – 27th place
  • At the 1912 Summer Olympics he won two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. He also finished ninth in the 50 m rifle, prone event.

    In 1914 Hubner von Holst competed in the Baltic Games in Malmo and won five gold and one bronze medal. He was a son of Lord Chamberlain Johan Gustaf von Holst and a captain in the Swedish army.

    References

    Johan Hubner von Holst Wikipedia


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