Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen (born November 16, 1978 in
Elverum
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum. Other settlements in the municipality include Heradsbygd, Sørskog ...
) is a Norwegian sport shooter. At age twenty-nine, Olssen made her official debut for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
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, where she competed in two rifle shooting events. She placed thirty-fourth out of forty-seven shooters in the
women's 10 m air rifle, with a total score of 391 points. Nearly a week later, Olssen competed for her second event,
50 m rifle 3 positions, where she was able to shoot 195 targets in a prone position, and 190 each in standing and in kneeling, for a total score of 575 points, finishing only in twenty-seventh place.
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Norwegian female sport shooters
Living people
Olympic shooters of Norway
Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Elverum
1978 births
Sportspeople from Innlandet
21st-century Norwegian women
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