Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Elverum, Norway | 16 November 1978
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Shooting |
Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (
AR40) 50 m rifle 3 positions ( STR3X20) |
Club | Stange Sportsskyttere |
Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen (born November 16, 1978, in Elverum) is a Norwegian sport shooter. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3]