Linda Olofsson (sport shooter)

Linda Olofsson

Personal information
Born	(1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 (age 42)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Shooting
Events	10 metre air rifle 50 metre rifle three positions 50 metre rifle prone 300 metre rifle prone
Coached by	Mats Eriksson
Medal record Women's shooting Representing   Sweden World Military Shooting Championship 2008 Rio de Janeiro 50m Rifle Prone 2008 Boden 50m Rifle 3 Position 2008 Boden 300m Rifle Prone European Championships 2019 Bologna 300m Rifle Prone 2019 Bologna 300m Rifle Prone Team

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.

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. ^[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

1. "ISSF Athlete Profile". International Shooting Sport Federation . Retrieved 29 May 2024.
2. "Bologna 2019 Results Book" (PDF). European Shooting Confederation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. "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.
6. "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.

External links

• Linda Olofsson at the International Shooting Sport Federation