Ole Martin Halvorsen

Ole Martin Halvorsen
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24)
Sport
SportShooting
ClubKisen
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 50 m rifle prone team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku 50 m rifle 3 positions team

Ole Martin Halvorsen (born 11 February 2000) is a Norwegian sport shooter. His achievements include winning team gold and bronze medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships, and one individual victory in an ISSF World Cup event.

Biography

Halvorsen was born on 11 February 2000. Hailing from Blomøy, he represents the club Kisen Miniatyrskytterlag.[1][2]

2023

In June 2023 Halvorsen competed at the 2023 European Games, along with Simon Claussen and Jon-Hermann Hegg. The Norwegian team qualified for the finals in 50 metre rifle, where they placed fourth, defeated by Serbia in the bronze medal match.[3]

Competing at the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, Halvorsen won the team gold medal in 50 m rifle prone, along with Jon-Hermann Hegg and Henrik Larsen.[4] He also won a bronze medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Hegg and Larsen.[5]

2024

At the European Championships in May 2024 Halvorsen won a team gold medal in 50m rifle match with the Norwegian team, along with Henrik Larsen and Jon-Hermann Hegg.[6] At the 2024 ISSF World Cup event in Munich in June, he placed first in 50 m rifle match, ahead of István Péni and Jon-Hermann Hegg.[7][8]

He was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, along with five other Norwegian shooters.[9] His first competition in the Olympics was in mixed air rifle team with team mate Synnøve Berg.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Ole Martin ble verdensmester". Vestnytt (in Norwegian). 22 August 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Ole Martin Halvorsen". teamnor.no. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Shooting – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Team – Results" (PDF). european-games.org. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Norsk VM-gull for første gang på 21 år: – Laggullene er de fineste". abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian). 22 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ "7. plass til Jenny Stene og 2 x lagbronse til Norge i 50m match". skyting.no (in Norwegian). 21 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Jon-Hermann Hegg ble europamester". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 28 May 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Ole Martin Halvorsen med verdenscupseier i OL-øvelsen 50 meter match". vg.no. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Ukjente Ole Martin Halvorsen vant verdenscupkonkurranse i skyting". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ^ "16 utøvere tatt ut i tredje uttak til OL i Paris" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Olympiatoppen. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  10. ^ Fange, Per Øyvind; Solbakken, Hans; Svarstad, Anne (27 July 2024). "OL-drama: Tapte med 0,1 poeng i sluttsekundene". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2024.


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