Olympic medal record
Men's Rugby union
	1908 London	Team competition

Richard Jackett (1 December 1880 – 27 July 1960)^[1] was a Cornish rugby union player who played his club rugby for Falmouth R.F.C. and between 1905-14 Leicester Tigers where he made 59 appearances scoring 8 tries. He was capped 71 times for Cornwall and was a member of the 1908 County Championship winning team that beat Durham 17-3 in the final played at Redruth in front of 17,000 spectators. He also played in the Cornwall side that represented Great Britain winning a silver medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics at White City Stadium, London losing to Australia in the final 32-3. He was the brother of Edward Jackett.^[2]