Magne Landrø (24 August 1937 – 10 March 2022) was a Norwegian sport shooter. He was born in

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. He competed at the

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, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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. 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

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. He further won 26 national titles in various rifle shooting events. He was crowned "Shooting King" at

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three times, in 1961, 1976 and 1981. Landrø died in

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on 10 March 2022, at the age of 84.

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* 1937 births 2022 deaths ISSF rifle shooters Norwegian male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Norway Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-sportshooting-bio-stub