Pia Hansen (born 25 September 1965) is a

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sport shooter. She originally competed in Nordic Trap but then moved on to

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and

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. She won the latter at the

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, and she also finished eighth in trap. In

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four years later, she finished ninth in both events.

External links

Hansen's profile at ISSF
1965 births Living people Swedish female sport shooters Olympic shooters for Sweden Trap and double trap shooters Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics 21st-century Swedish sportswomen 20th-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub