Harald Stenvaag

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Harald Stenvaag
Personal information
Born5 March 1953 (1953-03-05) (age 70)
Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona 50 m rifle prone
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney 50 m rifle 3 pos
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Caracas 300m Standard Rifle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Moscow 300m Rifle Prone
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Stavanger 10m Air Rifle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1982 Caracas 50m Rifle Standing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Skoevde 300m Standard Rifle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Skoevde 300m Free Rifle Rifle Prone
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Moscow 50m Rifle Prone
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1986 Suhl 50m Rifle Standing
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Budapest 10m Air Rifle

Harald Stenvaag (born 5 March 1953) is a Norwegian rifle shooter who started competing internationally at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Switzerland in 1974. He has represented Norway in the Summer Olympics 6 times, and has two Olympic medals. He has a total of 67 international medals in the Olympics, World Shooting Championships and the European Shooting Championships in his career. He was born in Ålesund. [1]

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He is running his own shooting business called Stenvaag våpensenter as in Asker outside of Oslo.

Olympic results

Event19881992199620002004
50 metre rifle three positions 7th
1173+98.7
5th
1166+98.6
41st
1153
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
1175+93.6
30th
1149
50 metre rifle prone Silver medal icon.svg Silver
597+104.4
30th
592
13th
594
16th
592
10 metre air rifle 5th
591+101.0
18th
587

Records

Current world records held in 300 metre rifle prone
MenIndividual600Flag of Norway.svg  Harald Stenvaag  (NOR)
Flag of Germany.svg  Bernd Rücker  (GER)
Flag of France.svg  Josselin Henry  (FRA)
Flag of Norway.svg  Vebjørn Berg  (NOR)
Flag of Austria.svg  Stefan Raser  (AUT)
Flag of France.svg  Remi Moreno Flores  (FRA)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Karl Olsson  (SWE)
15 August 1990
31 July 1994
5 August 2010
5 August 2010
27 July 2015
23 September 2019
23 September 2019
Moscow (URS)
Tolmezzo (ITA)
Munich (GER)
Munich (GER)
Maribor (SLO)
Tolmezzo (ITA)
Tolmezzo (ITA)
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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harald Stenvaag". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.