Nationality Norway Club Stange Sportsskyttere Sport Shooting | Weight 59 kg (130 lb) Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 ⁄2 in) Name Gyda Olssen | |
Event(s) 10 m air rifle (AR40)50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) |
Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen (born November 16, 1978 in Elverum) is a Norwegian sport shooter. At age twenty-nine, Olssen made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two rifle shooting events. She placed thirty-fourth out of forty-seven shooters in the women's 10 m air rifle, with a total score of 391 points. Nearly a week later, Olssen competed for her second event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, where she was able to shoot 195 targets in a prone position, and 190 each in standing and in kneeling, for a total score of 575 points, finishing only in twenty-seventh place.
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