Ole Martin Halvorsen (born 11 February 2000) is a Norwegian sport shooter. His achievements include winning team gold and bronze medals at the

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, and one individual victory in an

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event.

Biography

Halvorsen was born on 11 February 2000. Hailing from Blomøy, he represents the club Kisen Miniatyrskytterlag.

2023

In June 2023 Halvorsen competed at the

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, along with

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and Jon-Hermann Hegg. The Norwegian team qualified for the finals in 50 metre rifle, where they placed fourth, defeated by Serbia in the bronze medal match. Competing at the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, Halvorsen won the team gold medal in 50 m rifle prone, along with Jon-Hermann Hegg and Henrik Larsen. He also won a bronze medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Hegg and Larsen.

2024

At the European Championships in May 2024 Halvorsen won a team gold medal in 50m rifle match with the Norwegian team, along with Henrik Larsen and Jon-Hermann Hegg. At the 2024 ISSF World Cup event in

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in June, he placed first in 50 m rifle match, ahead of

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and Jon-Hermann Hegg. He was selected to compete at the

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, along with five other Norwegian shooters. His first competition in the Olympics was in mixed air rifle team with team mate Synnøve Berg.

References

2000 births Living people People from Øygarden Norwegian male sport shooters 21st-century Norwegian people Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Norway Shooters at the 2023 European Games {{Norway-sport-bio-stub