Linda Olofsson (sport shooter) explained
Linda Olofsson |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1982 |
Country: | Sweden |
Sport: | Shooting |
Coach: | Mats Eriksson |
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Linda Olofsson (born 4 December 1982) is a Swedish sports shooter who won two medals at the 2019 European Shooting Championships. She has won two World Championship titles at the CISM World Military Shooting Championships.
Career
As a member of the Swedish Armed Forces, Olofsson started her international career representing Sweden at the CISM World Military Shooting Championships. At the 2008 Championships in Boden, Sweden, Olofsson won a gold medal in the women's 50metre rifle 3-position event.[1] She won a silver medal in the women's rifle team.[2]
At the 2010 World Military Shooting Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Olofsson won the 50m prone rifle with a new Military World Record of 598/600. This exceeded the ISSF World Record but was not admissible as it was set at a competition with restricted entry (military personnel only).[3]
She has represented Sweden at the ISSF World Championships in 2010, 2014 and 2018, with a top finish of 16th.
At the 2019 European Shooting Championships she won bronze medals in the 300m prone rifle individual and team events.[4] [5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Mats Carlsson . World Championship gold to Sweden at last . 29 May 2024 . Swedish Armed Forces . 21 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200929064126/https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/news/2008/09/world-championship-gold-to-sweden-at-last/ . 29 September 2020 . en . live .
- Web site: Kjell Enquist . WMSC 2008 – a triumph for Swedish military shooting . forsvarsmakten.se . Swedish Armed Forces . 29 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200929081527/https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/news/2008/09/wmsc-2008-a-triumph-for-swedish-military-shooting/ . 29 September 2020 . en . 22 September 2008 . live .
- Web site: Världsmästare i militärt skytte . forsvarsmakten.se . Swedish Armed Forces . 29 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200927123312/https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2010/12/varldsmastare-i-militart-skytte/ . 27 September 2020 . sv . 2 December 2010 . live .
- Web site: Bologna 2019 Results Book . European Shooting Confederation . 29 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220628184712/https://esc-shooting.org/storage/2021/12/13/797beb25239e7d546e1353db2a2f5832e532641a.pdf . 28 June 2022 . en-US . PDF . live .
- News: Seonaid McIntosh wins gold at European Shooting Championships . 26 September 2019 . BBC Sport . BBC . 24 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190925130509/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49813179 . 25 September 2019.