Trond Kjøll (born 13 March 1953 in

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), is a Norwegian rifle shooter and coach. Kjøll set the world record for the

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in 1995. He became national champion and won the Kings Cup at the National Matches at

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in 1995. Before the

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in Athens he was coach for the Norwegian national team, and he has been shooting coach for the Norwegian national

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team several times, most recently from 2004 to 2006.

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Norwegian male sport shooters 1953 births Living people Norwegian sports coaches People from Modum Sportspeople from Buskerud 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-sportshooting-bio-stub