[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23864]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



CONGRATULATING RICHARD JOHNSON OF WOODSTOCK, CONNECTICUT ON WINNING THE 
          BRONZE MEDAL IN ARCHERY AT THE 2000 SUMMER OLYMPICS

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                           HON. SAM GEJDENSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 23, 2000

  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, today I join the residents of Woodstock, 
Connecticut in congratulating Richard ``Butch'' Johnson for his 
continued success in the sport of archery. During the 2000 Summer 
Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Mr. Johnson won the bronze medal in team 
archery. This follows his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic 
games.
  Over the past year, Mr. Johnson has built a tremendous record of 
achievement. He won the National Target Championship, the National 
Indoor Championship and the Gold Cup. He was the runner up in the U.S. 
Open. During the Pan Am Games in 1999, Mr. Johnson won the bronze medal 
in individual competition and a gold medal as part of the U.S. archery 
team. His performance in the Olympics is a crowning moment in a year of 
many victories.
  Mr. Johnson is clearly one of the best archers in America and the 
world. He is an incredible competitor and a great ambassador for his 
community, the State of Connecticut and our nation. I am proud to join 
with his neighbors and friends in Woodstock in celebrating his Olympic 
bronze medal performance. We wish him much success in the years to 
come.

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