Ole Østmo (13 September 1866 – 11 September 1923) was a Norwegian sharpshooting champion who competed in top

rifle shooting Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

sports events during late 19th century and early 20th century.

Biography

Born in Elverum, Østmo moved to

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in his early twenties and became a member of the Christiania Skytterlag Club in

. Østmo won a number of medals, including one gold, at the first World Shooting Championships held in

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in 1897. The gold medal was in the standing shooting event, which gave him the momentum in the combination to also take a silver behind Frank Jullien of

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. Additionally, the Norwegian team won a silver. Three years later Ole Østmo returned to France to participate in the

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where he won four

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—two silver and two bronze. The silver medals were awarded in the standing 300 metre free rifle he missed out on first place by six points to Lars Jørgen Madsen from

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, and in the team 300 metre free rifle event, finishing behind the team from

, the bronze medals came in the prone 300 metre free rifle, finishing behind Frenchman

Achille Paroche Nicolas Achille Paroche (1 March 1868 – 27 May 1933) was a French sport shooter who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1900 at Paris and won a total of four Olympic medals. He won the gold medal in the military ...

and the Dane Anders Peter Nielsen, and he got the other third place in the three positions 300 metre free rifle, he did compete in another event the kneeling 300 metre free rifle but he could only manage fifteenth place. Østmo died in Oslo in 1923 just two days before his 58th birthday.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostmo, Ole Norwegian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic shooters for Norway Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics 1866 births 1923 deaths Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics People from Elverum Sportspeople from Innlandet