Emil Martinsson, sometimes known as Emil Andersson (born 14 November 1979) is a Swedish running target

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who won several medals at the

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. He competed with his birth name Emil Andersson until 2009, when he married and chose to acquire the surname of his wife Martinsson, as permitted by Swedish law.

Biography

Martinsson was fourth in the Running Target, 10 metres at

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. He grew up close to the

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border, but now lives in

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. His trainer is Claes Johansson. At the 2008 World Running Target Championships, Martinsson became the first ever

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World Champion in a knockout format. He defeated top seed Vladyslav Prianishnikov in the semifinal (6–3) and then scored seven straight tens in the final, winning it with 6–1 over Miroslav Januš. Martinsson defeated his title at the 2009 World Running Target Championships, once again scoring straight tens in the final. Prior to this, Martinsson had won two individual world championship medals: a silver in

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at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships and a bronze in

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in 2008. He also participated in the last Olympic running target competition which was held in 2004, reaching the final and finishing fourth, missing the bronze medal by 0.3 points. At the

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he failed to win an individual medal, but was part of the Swedish team that won medals in all four team events (one silver and three bronze). Martinsson holds several Swedish records; his

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record is 598 points, two points higher than the world record.

Individual and team medals at World Championships

Individual medals at the European Championships

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinsson, Emil Living people 1979 births Swedish male sport shooters Running target shooters Olympic shooters for Sweden Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Älmhult Municipality Sportspeople from Kronoberg County