John Barrett (athlete)

John James Barrett (born 17 December 1879, date of death unknown) was an Irish track and field athlete who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Rahela, Ballyduff, County Kerry, Ireland and worked as a Royal Irish Constabulary officer. He was the brother of Edward Barrett.

In 1908 he participated in the Greek discus throw event and in the shot put competition but in both contests his result is unknown.

External links

John James Barrett's profile at Sports Reference.com

AAA Championships winners in men's shot put

1876–1914	1880: William Winthrop 1881: Maurice Davin (IRL) 1882: George Ross 1883–84: Owen Harte (IRL) 1885: Donald McKinnon 1886–87: James Mitchell (IRL) 1888: George Gray CAN 1889: William Barry (IRL) & R.A. Greene 1890: R.A. Greene 1891–92: William Barry (IRL) 1893–99: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1900: Richard Sheldon USA 1901–02: Wesley Coe USA 1903: Tom Nicolson 1904–05: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1906–07: Tom Kirkwood 1908–10: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1911: John Barrett (IRL) 1912: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE 1914: Armas Taipale FIN

1919–39	1919: Bertil Jansson SWE 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN 1923: John Barrett IRL 1924: Reginald "Rex" Woods 1925: Herb Schwarze USA 1926: Reginald "Rex" Woods 1927: Georg Brechenmacher GER 1928: Édouard Duhour FRA 1929: József Darányi HUN 1930: Jules Noël FRA 1931: József Darányi HUN 1932: Harry Hart SAF 1933–34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL 1935–36: Aad de Bruyn NED 1937: Hans Woellke GER 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED

1946–59	1946: Aad de Bruyn NED 1947–48: David Guiney IRL 1949: John Giles 1950: Petar Šarčević YUG 1951: Gunnar Huseby ISL 1952–54: John Savidge 1955–56: Barclay Palmer 1957–59: Arthur Rowe

1960–present	1960–61: Arthur Rowe 1962: Jay Silvester USA 1963: Mike Lindsay 1964–65: Vilmos Varjú HUN 1966: Jan Botha RSA 1967: Dawid Booysen RSA 1968–69: Jeff Teale 1970–71: Les Mills NZL 1972–73: Geoff Capes 1974: Al Feuerbach USA 1975–79: Geoff Capes 1980: Brian Oldfield USA 1981–82: Mike Winch 1983: Mike Carter USA 1984: Mike Winch 1985–86: Billy Cole 1987: Paul Edwards 1988–89: Simon Williams 1990–92: Paul Edwards 1993: Matt Simson 1994: Paul Edwards 1995: Mark Proctor 1996: Matt Simson 1997: Steph Hayward 1998–99: Mark Proctor 2000: Steph Hayward 2001–02: Mark Proctor 2003–10: Carl Myerscough

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