Tore Brovold
Encyclopedia
Tore Brovold is a Norwegian
sport shooter competing in Skeet
. Brovold is one of the Norwegian athletes competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics
in Beijing
, where he won a silver medal. Later the same year, he won the 2008 ISSF World Cup Final
.
Brovold started shooting in 1977, when he was only 7 years, and participated in his first competition two years later. He started with Skeet in 1996.
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...
sport shooter competing in Skeet
Olympic Skeet
Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
. Brovold is one of the Norwegian athletes competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, where he won a silver medal. Later the same year, he won the 2008 ISSF World Cup Final
2008 ISSF World Cup Final (shotgun)
The 2008 ISSF World Cup Final in shotgun events was held on 27–30 September in Minsk, Belarus. It was the last major worldwide shotgun competition in 2008, and the next-to-last part of the 2008 ISSF World Cup, to be concluded with the rifle and pistol finals in Bangkok a month later.There were...
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Brovold started shooting in 1977, when he was only 7 years, and participated in his first competition two years later. He started with Skeet in 1996.
World records
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