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| Born | 24 April 1991 Ale, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Tinsmith | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sport shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Trap | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Skepplanda SpS | ||||||||||||||
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Rickard Levin-Andersson (born 24 April 1991) is a Swedish sport shooter. He qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's trap event. [1] [2] [3]
Levin-Andersson was born on 24 April 1991 in Alvhem, Ale Municipality, Sweden, and grew up in Skepplanda. [4] [5] He began sport shooting at the age of 11, after being introduced to the sport by a friend. [6] He began playing the sport competitively in 2006 and later joined the club Skepplanda SpS. [7]
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