Ole Østmo
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Shooting | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1900 Paris | Standing military rifle | |
| Silver | 1900 Paris | Team military rifle | |
| Bronze | 1900 Paris | Prone military rifle | |
| Bronze | 1900 Paris | Three positions military rifle | |
Ole Østmo was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won four olympic medals. He won two silver medals in the Military Rifle standing and team categories and two bronze medals in the Military rifle prone and 3 positions categories.
The team medal in military rifle was the first by a Norwegian team at the Summer Olympics. [1]
Østmo also won several medals at the first World Shooting Championships in Lyon in 1897: he won gold in the standing shooting event, which helped him take silver behind Frank Jullien in the combination. The Norwegian team also won silver in the team event.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ (Norwegian) Norske OL-medaljer gjennom tidene, Norges Olympiske Museum, retrieved 27 March 2007
- ^ ALL, International Shooting Sport Federation, 27 March 2007
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