Olaf Emil Frydenlund (16 June 1862 in
Tune – 8 April 1947 in
Aremark
Aremark is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby.
Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymark was ...
) was a Norwegian
sport shooter
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who competed in the early 20th century in
rifle
A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with ...
shooting. He participated in
Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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in
Paris
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and won the silver medal with the Norwegian Military Rifle team.
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1862 births
1947 deaths
Norwegian male sport shooters
ISSF rifle shooters
Olympic silver medalists for Norway
Olympic shooters of Norway
Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics
People from Østfold
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Viken (county)
20th-century Norwegian people
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