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Norwegian sport shooter (1937–2022)

Magne Landrø
Landrø in 1967
Personal information
Born(1937-08-24)24 August 1937
Trondheim, Norway
Died10 March 2022(2022-03-10) (aged 84)
Lillestrøm, Norway
Sport
SportSports shooting

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.

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. He was crowned "Shooting King" at Landsskytterstevnet three times, in 1961, 1976 and 1981.

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

References

  1. "Magne Landrø". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  2. ^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Magne Landrø". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. "Magne Landrø". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

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