Jenny Østre Stene (born 8 March 1998) is a Norwegian

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. Her achievements include winning an individual silver medal and team gold medal in rifle shooting at the

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, as well as winning both individual gold medal and team gold medal at the

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Biography

Stene was Born in

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on 8 March 1998.

2021

At the

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she won a silver medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Katrine Lund and Jeanette Hegg Duestad. She won a bronze medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team, along with Simon Claussen. She represented Norway at the

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2021, competing in women's 10 metre air rifle and in 50 metre rifle three positions.

2022

Competing at the

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in Cairo, she won a silver medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions, behind winner Miao Wanru, and ahead of bronze winner Jeanette Hegg Duestad. This result also earned Norway a quota place for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Stene won a gold medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team, together with Simon Claussen. They defeated Denmark in the final.

2023

At the 2023 European 10 m Events Championships in Tallinn, she won a gold medal in 10 m air rifle team, with Jeanette Hegg Duestad and Katrine Lund. She also won a bronze final against Sweden in 10 m air rifle mixed team, teamed with

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, and placed 6th in the individual 10 m air rifle. She won a gold medal in 50 m rifle (match) at the

, ahead of

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. She was also part of the Norwegian winning team in 50 m rifle (team match) at the games, along with

Mari Bårdseng Løvseth Mari Bårdseng Løvseth (born 3 June 2000) is a Norwegian sport shooter. Her achievements include winning a team gold medal at the 2023 European Games. She was also part of the Norwegian teams who won a gold medal at the 2022 ISSF World Cup in B ...

and Jeanette Hegg Duestad. At the same European Games she also won a silver medal in 10 m air rifle team, along with Jeanette Hegg Duestad and Milda Marina Haugen, after being defeated by Switzerland in the gold medal match. She also won a bronze medal at the games in mixed team, along with Simon Claussen. At the

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in Baku, she won a silver medal in 50 m rifle prone team, along with Mari Bårdseng Løvseth and Jeanette Hegg Duestad, closely behind the winning Swiss team. She won a bronze medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Jeanette Hegg Duestad and Mari Bårdseng Løvseth. She placed 7th in 50 m rifle 3 positions, in the individual contest.

2024

In May 2024 she won a team silver medal for Norway (behind Switzerland) in 50 metre rifle match at the 2024 European Championships 25m & 50m events in

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, along with team mates Jeanette Hegg Duestad and

. She was selected to represent Norway at the

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. She competed in Women's 50 metre rifle three positions, not qualifying for the final.

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