Tore Brovold (born 12 June 1970) is a Norwegian sport shooter competing in Skeet. Brovold was one of the Norwegian athletes competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he won a silver medal.[1] Later the same year, he won the 2008 ISSF World Cup Final.
 Tore Brovold winning the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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Representing  Norway
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Skeet |
| ISSF World Shooting Championships | ||
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2005 Lonato | Skeet - team |
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2006 Zagreb | Skeet |
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2006 Zagreb | Skeet - team |
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2011 Belgrade | Skeet |
Brovold started shooting in 1977, when he was only 7 years, and participated in his first competition two years later. He began skeet shooting in 1996.
World records
edit| World records held in Skeet from 2005 to 2012 | ||||||
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| Men | Qualification | 125 |  Vincent Hancock (USA) Tore Brovold (NOR) Mykola Milchev (UKR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Tore Brovold (NOR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Antonakis Andreou (CYP) Juan José Aramburu (ESP) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) Anthony Terras (FRA) Efthimios Mitas (GRE)
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14 June 2007 13 July 2008 9 May 2009 20 May 2009 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 22 April 2011 13 September 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 26 March 2012 |
Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Cairo (EGY) Munich (GER) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) Beijing (CHN) Belgrade (SER) Doha (QAT) Tucson (USA) Tucson (USA) |
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| Final | 150 | Vincent Hancock (USA) (125 25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125 25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125 25) Jan Sychra (CZE) (125 25) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) (125 25) Efthimios Mitas (GRE) (125 25)
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14 June 2007 13 July 2008 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 |
Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) Doha (QAT) Tucson (USA) |
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| Teams | 368 |  Germany (Wenzel, Wegner, Buchheim) Norway (Brovold, Undseth, Jensen)
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August 12, 2011 | Belgrade (SER) | edit | |
Trainer
editTore Brovold is currently training the danish skeet shooter Jesper Hansen, who is going to the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. Tore Brovold has been the trainer of the Indian Skeet Shooters Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Gurjoat Siingh Khangura and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa.[2]
References
edit- ^ Solholm, Rolleiv. "Olympic Shooting: Another silver medal for Norway". The Norway Post. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ^ Padmadeo, Vinayak (22 March 2021). "Qatar coach Falco still Indian at heart". The Tribune. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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