Jenny Vatne (born 30 January 1997) is a Norwegian sports shooter.[1] As of October 2023, she has won four team medals at ISSF World Championships, as well as two medals at European Shooting Championships.
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| National team | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 1997 Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Skarnes, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Sport Shooter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Nordstrand Sportskyttere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sporting career edit
Jenny began shooting in 2007 and started competing in 2008.[1]
Her first major international selection was to the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Granada where she finished 5th in the Junior Women's 50m rifle prone event, and 30th in the 50m rifle 3-position event.[1]
In 2016 she was active in the ISSF Junior World Cup where she had a best individual finish of sixth in the 50m 3-position rifle event. At the second leg in Gabala, she won two gold medals as part of the Norway team in the 50m rifle prone and 50m rifle 3-position events.[2][3]
She was selected to compete at the 2016 European Championships as a junior where she won gold in the 50m rifle prone event and silver in the 50m rifle 3-position event.[4][5]
As a senior, Jenny moved into 300 metre rifle shooting.
At the 2022 Lapua European Cup, Jenny placed fourth individually in the Open 300 m standard rifle match, winning team silver.[6] The next day, she won individual silver and team gold in the women's 300 m rifle three positions match.[6]
At the 2022 World Championships in Cairo, she won gold medals in the Women's Team events for 300m rifle prone and three-position.[7]
In the 2023 World Championships in Baku, the Women's team won gold again in the 300m three-position event, and silver in the prone event.[8][9][10]
References edit
- ^ a b c "ISSF Athletes - Jenny Vatne". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "ISSF Junior World Cup, Gabala, Azerbaijan 2016: Result 50m Rifle Prone Women Junior Team". www.issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "ISSF Junior World Cup, Gabala, Azerbaijan 2016: Result 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Junior Team". www.issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ Risto Aarrekivi (14 June 2016). "Switzerland dominated in 25m Standard Pistol Junior Men". ESC News. European Shooting Confederation. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Dag Rønning (15 June 2016). "EM-gull til Jenny Vatne på 50m 60 skudd liggende" (in Norwegian). Norges Skytterforbund. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Lapua European Cup 300m Uppsala Sweden" (PDF). esc-shooting.org. European Shooting Confederation. 20 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Vimal Sankar (26 October 2022). "Norway and Poland win titles at World Shooting Championships in Cairo". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media Company. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Results 300m Rifle 3 Positions Women". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. 27 August 2023. Archived from the original on 12 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Results 300m Rifle Prone Women". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. 28 August 2023. Archived from the original on 12 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Philip Barker (28 August 2023). "Individual 300m titles for Poland's Kowalewicz and Norway's Lund at ISSF World Championships". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media Company. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.