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who took the gold medal for a second time. Golding is a

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by profession and lives in

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, Norway. The medal scores in the 2012 Olympic final were

148/150, Anders Golding 146/150, and

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144/150. Golding was 25th in the qualification round at the

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.Anders Golding
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Golding, Anders 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Aarhus Sport shooters from the Central Denmark Region Danish male sport shooters Skeet shooters Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics 21st-century Danish sportsmen