One of the top trapshooters in United States history, Coffeyville's Fred Etchen was captain of the gold medal-winning 1924 Olympic trapshooting team in Paris, winner of Kansas Trapshooting championships eight times in singles and 11 times in doubles and was a 10-time champion in All-Around and High-Over-All divisions. Etchen won the 1932 International Championship as well as the North American Doubles Championship in 1938. He posted a perfect score (200 x 200) at the 1924 British Open Championship. For a number of years, Etchen held the world record for 95 straight flyers and is a three-time winner of the United States Flyer Championship.