Marcus Åkerholm Explained
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| Marcus Åkerholm |
| Fullname: | Marcus Ricard Åkerholm |
| Birth Date: | 29 February 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Flen, Uppsala, Sweden |
| Weight: | 860NaN0 |
| Sport: | Shooting |
| Event: | 10 m air rifle (AR60) |
| Club: | Uppsala Skyttegille |
| Coach: | Stefan Lindblom |
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Marcus Ricard Åkerholm (born 29 February 1976 in Flen, Uppsala) is a Swedish sport shooter.[1] He has been selected to compete for Sweden in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has attained numerous top ten finishes in a major international competition, spanning the World and European Championships and the ISSF World Cup series.[2] Åkerholm trains under head coach Stefan Lindblom for the national team, while shooting at a rifle gun range in Uppsala (sv|Uppsala Skyttegille).[2]
Åkerholm qualified for the Swedish team in the men's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 594 to gain an Olympic quota place and join with fellow marksman Sven Haglund for Sweden, following his outside-final finish at the Worlds two years earlier.[3] [4] Åkerholm shot a steady 588 out of a possible 600 to tie for thirty-third position with Kyrgyzstan's Aleksandr Babchenko in the qualifying round, failing to reach the Olympic final and trailing Haglund throughout the phase by just a single point.[5] [6]
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Notes and References
- Marcus Åkerholm. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204404/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/marcus-akerholm-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 27 August 2015.
- Web site: ISSF Profile – Sven Haglund. ISSF. 27 August 2015. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233614/http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHSWEM2902197601. live.
- Web site: Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification . . Majority Sports . 10 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150722132244/http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf . 22 July 2015 .
- News: Här börjar svenska klassresan mot Aten. Swedish athletes have begun their journey to Athens. sv. Aftonbladet. 8 August 2005. 27 August 2015.
- Web site: Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle Prelims. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 31 January 2013. 4 February 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060204214436/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/results/3531736.stm. live.
- News: Svenska gevärsskyttarna långt ifrån den olympiska finalen. Swedish rifle shooters missed the Olympic finals. sv. Östgöta Correspondenten. 10 August 2004. 27 August 2015. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150600/http://www.expressen.se/sport/svenska-gevarsskyttarna-langt-ifran-den-olympiska-finalen/. live.
