Willy Røgeberg

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Medal record
Men's Shooting
Olympic Games
Gold 1936 Berlin 50 m rifle, prone
Bronze 1948 London 300 m rifle, three positions
ISSF World Shooting Championships
Bronze 1935 Roma 50 m rifle, standing
Bronze 1935 Roma 300 m rifle, standing
Bronze 1935 Roma 50 m rifle, kneeling

Willy Røgeberg (December 11, 1905 - December 15, 1969) was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed before and after World War II. He won two Olympic medals. He won his first olympic medal in 50 m Rifle, prone at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. After the war he won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, this time in 300 m Rifle, Three positions. He also won several medals in the ISSF World Shooting Championships.

After his Olympic medal in 1936 he started his own guns and sporting equipment business in Oslo.

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All ISSF World Championships medalists 1897-2005

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Olympic medalists in shooting | Olympic Champions in men's 50 m Rifle Prone
1908: Arthur Carnell (stationary) John Fleming (moving) William Styles (disappearing) | 1912: Frederick Hird | 1920: Lawrence Nuesslein | 1924: Pierre Coquelin de Lisle | 1932: Bertil Rönnmark | 1936: Willy Røgeberg | 1948: Arthur Cook | 1952: Iosif Sîrbu | 1956: Gerald Ouellette | 1960: Peter Kohnke | 1964: László Hammerl | 1968: Jan Kůrka | 1972: Li Ho-Jun | 1976: Karlheinz Smieszek | 1980: Károly Varga | 1984: Edward Etzel | 1988: Miroslav Varga | 1992: Lee Eun-Chul | 1996: Christian Klees | 2000: Jonas Edman | 2004: Matthew Emmons


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