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Born | 4 December 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coached by | Mats Eriksson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]