Tor Heiestad is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 shooter.

He was born in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, but represented the club Bærum JK. He became Olympic champion

Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre running target

Men's 50 metre running target made its final Olympic appearance at the 1988 Summer Olympics . It was also the only time the 30 slow runs and 30 fast runs were followed by a ten-shot final for the top four contestants...

 in the 50 metre running target in Seoul 1988

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

. The event was then discontinued, so in Barcelona 1992 he placed tenth in the 10 metre running target

Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre running target

Men's 10 metre running target shooting made its first Olympic appearance at the 1992 Summer Olympics, replacing 50 metre running target on the programme...

event. He won the European Championship in the same event in 1990, in addition to four Nordic titles. On national level he has one King's Cup and many Norwegian championships.