Willy Røgeberg (1 December 1905 – 15 December 1969) was a

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rifle

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who competed before and after

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. He won two Olympic medals. He won his first olympic medal in 50 m Rifle,

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at the 1936 Summer Olympics in

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. After the war he won a bronze medal at the

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, this time in 300 m Rifle,

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. He also won several medals in the

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. After his Olympic medal in 1936 he started his own guns and sporting equipment business in

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. During the Second World War

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, Røgeberg was arrested by the Germans on 29 May 1942 on weapons related charges. He spent the period 29 May – 5 October 1942 incarcerated at

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, then 5 October 1942 to 22 December 1943 as prisoner no. 4776 at

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All ISSF World Championships medalists 1897-2005
* 1905 births 1969 deaths Norwegian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic shooters of Norway Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1936 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Grini concentration camp survivors Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-sportshooting-bio-stub