Michael Nielsen (sport shooter)

Michael Nielsen (born 3 August 1975 in Roskilde) is a Danish sport shooter.[2] He won a silver medal in skeet shooting at the 2003 European Championships in Brno, Czech Republic, and eventually finished seventh at the 2004 Summer Olympics, competing for the Danish team.[1] Nielsen trains under longtime coach Kjild Fristrup as a member of the shooting team at SK København.[3]

Michael Nielsen
Personal information
Full nameMichael Nielsen
Nationality Denmark
Born (1975-08-03) 3 August 1975 (age 49)
Roskilde, Denmark
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
EventSkeet (SK125)
ClubSK København[1]
Coached byKjild Fristrup[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Denmark
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Brno SK125

Nielsen qualified for the Danish team in the men's skeet at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He had eclipsed a minimum qualifying score of 124 to strike a silver-medal finish and to grab one of the Olympic quota places available at the European Championships less than a year earlier.[4][5] Clearly one of the top favorites vying for an Olympic medal, Nielsen nailed 122 targets out of a possible 125 to force a third-place tie with four other shooters in the qualifying round, but fell abruptly in a tight duel to neighboring Norway's Harald Jensen 2 to 1, who coveted the last seed for the six-man Olympic final, relegating him to seventh.[6][7]

Nielsen is also married to pistol shooter and three-time Olympian Susanne Meyerhoff.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "ISSF Profile – Michael Nielsen". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Nielsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. ^ Bjørn, Michael (4 June 2004). "Dansk OL-helt snuppede fra klubkassen" [Danish Olympic brand snatched from the club box] (in Danish). Ekstrabladet. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Grimmel og Nielsen udtaget til OL" [Grimmel and Nielsen qualified for the Olympics] (in Danish). BT. 20 August 2004. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Shooting: Men's Skeet Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Finalebom for Jensen, italiensk gull" [Final for Jensen, Italy wins gold] (in Norwegian). NRK. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  8. ^ "OL-kandidat, bevæbnet og gravid" [Olympic athlete feels ready to be pregnant] (in Danish). DR.dk. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
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