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

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who won several medals at the

ISSF World Shooting Championships The ISSF World Shooting Championships are governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. World Shooting Championships began in 1897, after the successful 1896 Summer Olympics, and although the ISSF was not founded until 1907, these earl ...

. 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

Athens 2004 The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. He grew up close to the

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border, but now lives in

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, Jämtland. His trainer is Claes Johansson. At the

2008 World Running Target Championships The 2008 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Plzeň, the Czech Republic, in October 2008 as a replacement for the lost Olympic status of 10 metre running target. Apart from this event, competit ...

, Martinsson became the first ever

10 metre running target 10 meter running target is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot with an airgun at a target that moves sideways. The target is pulled across a two meter wide aisle at the range of 10 meters from the firing point. The target is pulled at either of ...

World Champion in a knockout format. He defeated top seed

Vladyslav Prianishnikov Vladislav Aleksandrovich Prianishnikov (russian: Владислав Александрович Прянишников, born 16 March 1983) is a Ukrainian (until 2014) and Russian sport shooter, who specializes in the running target. He produced a ...

in the semifinal (6–3) and then scored seven straight tens in the final, winning it with 6–1 over

Miroslav Januš Miroslav Januš (born 9 August 1972 in Postupice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech sport shooter. A four-time Olympian (1992 to 2004), Janus is one of Czech Republic's most successful individual shooters in Olympic history, having won a bronze medal i ...

. Martinsson defeated his title at the

2009 World Running Target Championships The 2009 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the running target events, held in August 2009 in Heinola, Finland. Russia dominated, winning 14 of the 20 gold medals. Medal count Men ...

, once again scoring straight tens in the final. Prior to this, Martinsson had won two individual world championship medals: a silver in

50 metre running target mixed 50 meter running target mixed is an ISSF shooting event, shot with a .22-calibre rifle at a target depicting a boar moving sideways across a 10-meter wide opening. A part of the ISSF World Shooting Championships since 1970, it differs from 50 meter ...

at the

2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 48th ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from July 2 to July 16, 2002. __NOTOC__ Medal count World records Several world records were equalled or bettered in Lahti. Especially in women's 300 m Rifle and women's ...

and a bronze in

10 metre running target mixed 10 meter running target mixed is one of the ISSF shooting events, in which one shoots an airgun at a target that moves sideways. The target is pulled across a two-meter aisle at a range of 10 meters from the firing point. The target is pulled eit ...

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

2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 49th ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia from July 22, 2006, to August 5, 2006. __NOTOC__ Medal count World records A total of 15 world records were bettered or equalled during the championships. Rifle even ...

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

50 metre running target 50 meter running target or 50 meter running boar is an ISSF shooting event, shot with a .22-calibre rifle at a target depicting a boar moving sideways across a 10-meter wide opening. It was devised as a replacement for 100 meter running deer in the ...

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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinsson, Emil Living people 1979 births Swedish male sport shooters Running target shooters Olympic shooters of Sweden Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics