Magne_Landrø

Magne Landrø

Magne Landrø

Norwegian sport shooter (1937–2022)

Magne Landrø (24 August 1937 – 10 March 2022) was a Norwegian sport shooter. He was born in Trondheim. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1]

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His achievements include a gold medal in the 1963 European championships, a World championship silver medal in free rifle in 1966, and a silver medal in 10 m air rifle at the 1969 European Shooting Championships. He further won 26 national titles in various rifle shooting events.[2] He was crowned "Shooting King" at Landsskytterstevnet three times, in 1961, 1976 and 1981.[2][3]

Landrø died in Lillestrøm on 10 March 2022, at the age of 84.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Magne Landrø". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
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    Bryhn, Rolf. "Magne Landrø". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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    Bryhn, Rolf; Tosterud, Svein-Erik; Øijord, Thomas Winje. "landsskytterstevnet". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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    "Magne Landrø". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.


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