Linda Olofsson (born 4 December 1982) is a Swedish sports shooter who won two medals at the 2019 European Shooting Championships.[1][2] She has won two World Championship titles at the CISM World Military Shooting Championships.
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| Born | 4 December 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Mats Eriksson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAs 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.[3] She won a silver medal in the women's rifle team.[4]
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).[5]
She has represented Sweden at the ISSF World Championships in 2010, 2014 and 2018, with a top finish of 16th.[1]
At the 2019 European Shooting Championships she won bronze medals in the 300m prone rifle individual and team events.[1][2][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "ISSF Athlete Profile". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Bologna 2019 Results Book" (PDF). European Shooting Confederation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Mats Carlsson (21 September 2008). "World Championship gold to Sweden at last". Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Kjell Enquist (22 September 2008). "WMSC 2008 – a triumph for Swedish military shooting". forsvarsmakten.se. Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Världsmästare i militärt skytte". forsvarsmakten.se (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Seonaid McIntosh wins gold at European Shooting Championships". BBC. BBC Sport. 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.