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{{Short description|American archer (born 1962)}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2010}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Jay Barrs
| image            = 
| caption          = 
| fullname         = Jack Leonard Barrs, Jr.
| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|July 17, 1962}}
| birth_place      = [[Jacksonville, Florida]], U.S.
| height           = 5 ft 11+1/2 in
| weight           = 154 lb
| headercolor      = lightsteelblue
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[archery]] }}
 {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Archery at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
 {{MedalGold | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's individual|Individual]] }}
 {{MedalSilver | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Archery Championships|World Championships]] }}
 {{MedalBronze | [[1999 World Archery Championships|1999 Riom]] | [[1999 World Archery Championships#Recurve|Team (recurve)]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Games]] }}
 {{MedalGold | [[2001 World Games|2001 Akita]] | [[Field archery at the 2001 World Games – Men's recurve|Individual (recurve)]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
 {{MedalGold | [[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[Archery at the 1987 Pan American Games|Individual]] }}
 {{MedalGold | [[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[Archery at the 1987 Pan American Games|Team]] }}
 {{MedalSilver | [[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]] | [[Archery at the 1991 Pan American Games|Individual (30&nbsp;m)]] }}
 {{MedalSilver | [[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]] | [[Archery at the 1991 Pan American Games|Individual (90&nbsp;m)]] }}
}}

'''Jack Leonard "Jay" Barrs, Jr.''' (born July 17, 1962) is an American [[Archery|archer]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/jay-barrs-1.html |title=Jay Barrs |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024110958/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/jay-barrs-1.html |archivedate=2012-10-24 }}</ref> He won a gold medal in the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].  He is an [http://usarchery.org NAA] National Outdoor Champion and [[World Archery Federation|FITA]] World Field Champion, as well as a fourteen time [http://usarchery.org NAA] US Field Champion.  Barrs was born in [[Jacksonville, Florida]] and graduated from [[Arizona State University]].

==Olympic Tournament History==
* 1992 Olympic Games: individual (5th), team (6th)
* 1988 Olympic Games: individual (1st), team (2nd)

==World Tournament History==
* World Target Championships – 1999 (10th) team (3rd); 1995 (12th) team (3rd); 1989 (9th) team (2nd); 1987 (3rd) team (2nd)
* World Indoor Championships – 1991 (2nd)
* World Field Championships - `00 (8th), 1998 (4th), team (4th); 1994 (10th), 1992 (1st), 1990 (1st), 1988 (3rd)

==US National Tournaments==
U.S. Outdoor Target Championships – 2000 (3rd), 1999 (4th), 1997 (3rd), 1996 (3rd), 1995 (8th), 1994 (1st), 1993 (1st), 1992 (2nd), 1991 (4th), 1990 (6th), 1989 (6th), 1988 (1st), 1987 (2nd), 1986 (3rd)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Year
! Place
|-
| 2000
| 3rd
|}

* U.S. Indoor Target Championships – 2001 (11th), `00 (15th), 1999 (3rd-tie), 1997 (10th), 1996 (5th), 1995 (5th), 1994 (2nd), 1993 (1st), 1992 (1st), 1991 (2nd), 1990 (3rd), 1989 (6th), 1988 (1st), 1987 (1st)
* U.S. Field Championships – 2000 (1st), 1999 (1st), 1998 (1st), 1997 (1st), 1996 (1st), 1995 (1st), 1994 (1st), 1992 (1st), 1991 (1st), 1990 (1st), 1989 (2nd), 1988 (1st), 1987 (1st).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Olympic Champions Archery Men Individual}}
{{Pan American Champions Archery Men Individual}}
{{Pan American Champions Archery Men Team}}

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[[Category:American male archers]]
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[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in archery]]
[[Category:World Archery Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Archers at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Archers at the 1991 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:World Games gold medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in archery]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in archery]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1989 World Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2001 World Games]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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