Short stories

Swedish Cup Silver
04/01/2020
The gold slipped early, with an 8 in the last 5 shot series, but a good comeback secured a silver medal.
6 years in a row with medals in this competition, and medals in 9 of my 11 finals in total.

Equal World Record
27/12/2019
Equaled the World Record in todays selection match (3p finale) after 1.184 in the qualification. Good times.

3x40 - New personal best
07/12/2019
1189 (397-398-394). Second best result by a Norwegian shooter ever. No further comments :)

Breakthrough of the year
02/05/2019
Awarded the price "Breakthrough of the year 2018" from the national shooting association. Surprised and proud as we've had a strong team with many great achievements the last year.

Norwegian Senior Champion x 2
06/04/2019
Double, individual victories in the National Championship on 10m airrifle and 15m smallbore.

3 times no. 4 in Wroclaw Grand Prix
09/02/2019
Missed the podium in all 3 events (did not shoot prone). Travelling collega Simon with two golds and two silvers. More chances will come.

Intershoot Bronze
01/02/2019
Behind Olympic medalist Kumar & Co.

Swedish Cup Bronze
04/01/2019
First international medal as a senior

Medal no. 100
14/12/2018
Medal no. 100 from championships and international competitions in my last international competition as a junior (RIAC/MixTeam)

2 Silvers in RIAC
14/12/2018
Individual silver and mix team silver with Julie P Johannesen in this years RIAC

Home town mayors attention
26/09/2018
Invited to the council meeting in my home town yesterday, and got both flowers and kind words from the mayor along the way. Much appreciated.

WORLD CHAMPION
08/09/2018
My dream came true. I became World Champion in the 50m prone event in Changwon, South-Korea. Double joy taking team gold as well with Vegard Nordhagen and Jon-Hermann Hegg.

Medal rush in Nordic Championship
25/08/2018
Norwegian shooters grabbed most medals in this years Nordic Championship. Myself won gold the 50m prone event and bronze with the air rifle. Gold also in the mix team event with Mari Løvseth and 3 x gold in the team events with Vegard Nordhagen and Jon-Hermann Hegg.

Norwegian Champion in 3x40 (50m)
30/06/2018
After a slow start in the finale, I managed to close the 4,4 point gap on the10 last standing shots - and then win the shoot-off. Total medal catch this weekend:
Gold 50m 3x40 individual and team
Gold 50m prone team
Bronze 50m prone
Silver 300m 3x20 individual and team
Silver 300m prone team

WC Debut in Münich
25/05/2018
Mqs: Air Rifle: 618,7
Mqs: 3x40: 1.162 (with the seasons first and only shot in the 3-ring!)
Mix Team: Me 416,0/Jenny Stene 417,5
Total 833,5 (national junior record)

Gold ISAS 3x40
23/03/2018
Second win in this event and fifth gold from ISAS. 1175 in the qualification and 456,5 in the finale (national record)

Gold ISAS Mix Team
22/03/2018
Mix Team event arranged for the first time at ISAS. Gold medals for me and my former co-student Stephanie Grundsøe at our first try.

Gold ISAS 10m Air Rifle
21/03/2018
Second victory with the air rifle, and third gold medal at ISAS boxed.

Gold rush in National Championship
15/03/2018
Gold 10m Mix Team (w/Jenny Stene)
Gold 10m individual and team
Gold 10m sprint individual
Gold 15m individual and team
Gold 15m standard rifle individual and team
Bronze 10m sprint team

Bronze in ESC Air Cup
28/02/2018
Gold: Martin Strempfl (AUT)
Silver: Anton Rizov (BUL)
Bronze: Benjamin T. Karlsen (NOR)

Bronze ECH Mix Team
23/02/2018
European Championship Bronze with Jeanette Hegg Duestad. Beaten by two Russian teams, but grabbed the last medal from Italy.

New sponsor
31/01/2018
Sveen Bil help me with services and repairs on my car

Swedish Cup Gold no. 4
05/01/2018
623,8 in qualification
250,2 in the finale (equal world record)

New sponsor
30/09/2017
Signed sponsor contract with VÃ¥pensmia on Kurt Thune products.

National Championship - 5 Golds
15/09/2017
Gold 50m 3x40 individual and team
Gold 50m prone individual and team
Gold 300m 3x20 team
Silver 300m 3x20 individual
Bronze 300m prone team

Club Champion and new 3x40 Pb
27/08/2017
Both lucky and unlucky in the qualification; despite 9 times 9,9, my qualification score ended with a new personal best: 1183
Finale score 460,2 (above junior world record)

ECH Baku; Another Team Silver
28/07/2017
50m prone. With Henrik Larsen and Jon-Hermann Hegg.

World Championship Team Silver
23/06/2017
Prone: Team Silver with Henrik Larsen and Jon-Hermann Hegg. Individual, one shot (7,6) in an unconcious moment ruined my finale chances and a go for the medals. An 8,9 would have been enough ... Jon-Hermann 6th and Henrik 8th after the finale.
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3x40: Finished 10th, 1p from the finale. Margins really not on my side this time. Henrik with Bronze in the finale.

Student of the year
20/06/2017
Awarded the price student of the year for academic and athletic results after 3 years on NTG (national sports gymnasium)

Spenst Ambassador
30/04/2017
Deal with Spenst Sørumsand gives free training and some personal follow-up on their training center

Air Rifle Gold at ISAS
24/03/2017
First win with airrifle at ISAS

Silver ISAS 3x40
23/03/2017
Could not follow up last years gold from this event. European Champion from 2015, Emilien Chassat (FRA), was too good to beat. Anyway, happy with another medal in this dicipline. Vegard Nordhagen with bronze.

National Champions Mixed Team
17/03/2017
With Jenny Stene

600 p integer in prone
28/02/2017
60 tens in a row shot in Fredrikstad

Swedish Cup medals no. 5 and 6
04/01/2017
Two bronzes added to the collection this year.

Merry Christmas
23/12/2016
... and a Happy New Year!

New sponsor
30/11/2016
Signed sponsor contract with Eley on Eley Tenex .22 lr ammunition

JUNIOR WORLD CUP GOLD
20/09/2016
3x40 JWC Gold in Gabala. My first individual WC medal after a terrific ending in the finale with 5 straight tens in the single shot elimination. 455,1 (national record).
Silver: Filip Nepejchal (CZE)
Bronze: Timur Akhmedzhanov (RUS)
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Link: video from the finale

Medal collection National Championship 50/300m
10/09/2016
Gold 300m prone individual and team
Gold 300m 3x40 individual and team
Gold 50m prone team
Gold 50m 3x40 team
Silver 50m prone individual
Bronze 50m 3x40 individual

6 medals from Nordic Championship
27/08/2016
Gold 50m prone individual and team
Gold 50m prone team
Gold 50m 3x40 team
Silver 50m 3x40 individual
Silver 10m individual
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Nordic record 50m/prone

Two Team Silvers ECH
17/06/2016
Silver in both 3x40 and prone with Vegard Nordhagen and Henrik Larsen. Individually, I finished 5th in the 3x40 finale. Henrik with individual bronze.

BRONZE in European Championship
15/06/2017
First individual medal in ECH. Came third behind Istvan Peni (HUN) and Filip Smol (POL).
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Link: video from the finale

Team Gold Junior World Cup Suhl
30/04/2016
Finished 6th individual. Gold in team event with Vegard Nordhagen and Henrik Larsen. Vegard with individual silver medal as well.
Individual 9th place in the air rifle event.

Two Golds and a Silver at IWK Berlin
20/04/2016
Gold in both 50m events. New Pb 1173 in 3x40.
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50m 3x40
Silver Philip Nepejchal (CZE)
Bronze Rene Wempen (GER)
50m Prone
Silver Henrik Larsen (NOR)
Bronze Filip Smol (POL)
10m Air Rifle
Gold Filip Nepejchal (CZE)
Silver Benjamin T. Karlsen (NOR)
Bronze Henrik Larsen (NOR)

First win at ISAS
17/03/2016
50m 3x40. 1159/456,0
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Silver: Kai Dembeck (GER)
Bronze: Rene Wempen (GER)

Intershoot - Bronze, Silver and Gold
05/02/2016
Indias Pratik Borse won the two first competitions, but everyone can be beaten.

3rd win at Swedish Cup
04/01/2016
One Gold and one Silver this year

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS
08/07/2015
Team Gold European Championship 50m prone with Henrik Larsen and Magnus Bjørnstad. A good revenge after bronze in team event 3x40 a few days earlier. Finished 9th individual - 0,1p from a place in the finale.

Two Gold medals in Swedish Cup
04/01/2015
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