Simon Kolstad Claussen (born 21 June 1991) is a Norwegian

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...

. His achievements include winning both individual and team medals in rifle shooting at the 2022 world championships. He co-holds a team world record in

50 metre rifle three positions 50 meter rifle three positions (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 meter rifle three positions. It consists of the kneeling, prone, and standing ...

since 2021.

Biography

Born in

Setskog Setskog is a village and a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It bordered Østfold county to the south, Hedmark county to the north and Sweden to the east. History Setskog was created by a split from Høland municipality on 1 Janua ...

on 21 June 1991, Claussen represents the clubs Høland/Bjørkelangen skytterlag and Kisen MSL. He has won several national titles in rifle shooting, and represented Norway internationally.

2021

Competing at the

2021 European Shooting Championships The 2021 European Shooting Championships were held from 22 May to 5 June 2021 in Osijek, Croatia. 1,473 athletes from 52 countries competed. The championship was originally scheduled to only include events for shotgun, cartridge rifle and pistol ...

in Croatia, Claussen won a silver medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Jon-Hermann Hegg and Henrik Larsen. He won a bronze medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team, along with Jenny Stene. He also competed in 50 m rifle 3 positions, placing seventh. Together with

Jon-Hermann Hegg Jon-Hermann Hegg (born 26 March 1999) is a Norwegian sport shooter. His achievements include winning individual gold medal at the European championships and individual bronze at the World championships., as well as team gold medals both in World ...

and

Henrik Larsen Henrik Larsen (born 17 May 1966), nicknamed ''Store Larsen'' (''Big Larsen''), is a Danish Association football, football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He was last the manager of Lyngby Boldklub. He was the ...

, who won individual gold and silver medals, respectively, he set a new world record for teams in the qualifications with a total of 3549 points.

2022

He won a silver medal in 300 m rifle at the

2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 1st ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Shooting Championships were held in New Administrative Capital, Egypt from 12 to 27 October 2022 in 78 events. This also served as qualification event for 2024 Summer Olympics. Medals Senior Medal summary Seni ...

. He won a gold medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with

and

, after defeating a French team in the final match. Further, he won a gold medal in 300 m rifle prone mixed team, along with Jeanette Hegg Duestad, as well as gold medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team, at the 2022 World Championships.

2023

In June 2023 Claussen competed at the

2023 European Games The 3rd European Games (), also known as the 2023 European Games or Kraków-Małopolska 2023, was an international multi-sport event held from 21 June to 2 July 2023 in Kraków and Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Małopolska, Poland. It was the first ...

, where he won a bronze medal in mixed team, along with Jenny Stene. Along with Ole Martin Halvorsen and

, he qualified for the finals in 50 metre rifle team, where they placed fourth, defeated by Serbia in the bronze medal match. At the

2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 53rd ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 14 August to 1 September 2023. They also served as a qualification event for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Medal summary Medal table Men Non-Olympic event Women Non-O ...

in Baku, he won a gold medal in 300 m rifle prone team, along with

Kim-André Lund Kim-André Lund (born 11 September 1990) is a Norwegian sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ...

and Odd Arne Brekne. He placed fourth in the individual contest.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Claussen, Simon Kolstad 1991 births Living people People from Aurskog-Høland Sport shooters from Akershus Norwegian male sport shooters 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Shooters at the 2019 European Games Shooters at the 2023 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Norway European Games medalists in shooting