Magne Landrø | |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1937 |
Birth Place: | Trondheim, Norway |
Death Place: | Lillestrøm, Norway |
Sport: | Sports shooting |
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Magne Landrø (24 August 1937 – 10 March 2022) was a Norwegian sport shooter. He was born in Trondheim. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1]
His achievements include a gold medal in the 1963 European championships, a World championship silver medal in free rifle in 1966, and a silver medal in 10 m air rifle at the 1969 European Shooting Championships. He further won 26 national titles in various rifle shooting events.[2] He was crowned "Shooting King" at Landsskytterstevnet three times, in 1961, 1976 and 1981.[2] [3]
Landrø died in Lillestrøm on 10 March 2022, at the age of 84.[4]