death_date death_place birth_place nationality height sport birth_date article_title name
1 june 1934 herefordshire , england stroud , england english 6 ' 6 '' sports shooting 30 december 1858 john hopton -lrb- sport shooter -rrb-
 john hopton
john hopton -lrb- sport shooter -rrb-

colonel john hopton -lrb- 30 december 1858 -- 1 june 1934 -rrb- was a british sports shooter .
educated at harrow and the royal military academy , sandhurst , hopton was one of the greatest rifle shots of his day .
he represented england 36 times in the elcho long-range match against scotland and ireland , into which wales were later added in 1991 , and captained great britain both at home and tour in australia .
at the age of 49 , he competed in the 1000 yard free rifle event at the 1908 summer olympics , placing 24th .
1000 yard free rifle was not contested at any olympic games after 1908 .
at the imperial meeting , held at bisley , his name is given to the hopton aggregate , being the overall aggregate of each shooters ' individual scores in the long-range discipline of match rifle .
outside shooting , hopton was an accomplished musician , serving as director of the royal academy of music .
in 1899 he married sybil maude .
