Hugh Durant

{{short description|British sports shooter and athlete}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1877|2|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brixton, London, England

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| death_place = Vermelles, France

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| sport = Shooting, modern pentathlon

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{{MedalBronze| 1912 Stockholm | Team 30 m pistol}}

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Hugh Durant (23 February 1877 – 20 January 1916) was a British sport shooter and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42306 |title=Hugh Durant |work=Olympedia |access-date=27 May 2021}}

In 1912, he won the bronze medal as a member of the British team in the team 30 metre military pistol event and in the team 50 metre military pistol competition. In the individual 50 metre pistol event he finished 20th.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DURANHUG01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Hugh Durant |accessdate=24 June 2012 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012075843/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DURANHUG01 |archivedate=12 October 2012 |df= }}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/hugh-durant-1.html |title=Hugh Durant Olympic Results |accessdate=24 June 2012 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018043434/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/hugh-durant-1.html |archivedate=18 October 2012 }} He also participated in the first contested modern pentathlon event and finished 18th.

He was killed in action during World War I.{{cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/251435 |title=Notice of Hugh Durant's death |accessdate=24 June 2012 |work=cwgc.org}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=3 August 2015 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107022804/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archivedate=7 November 2014 }}