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Tor_Heiestad

Tor Heiestad (born 13 January 1962) is a Norwegian shooter.
He was born in Oslo, but represented the club Bærum JK. He became Olympic champion in the 50 metre running target in Seoul 1988. The event was then discontinued, so in Barcelona 1992 he placed tenth in the 10 metre running target 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.

Léon_Moreaux

Léon Ernest Moreaux (10 March 1852 in Féron – 11 November 1921 in Rennes) was a French sports shooter and Olympian who competed in pistol and rifle shooting in the late 19th century and early 20th century.Having taken up the sport of shooting earlier in the 19th century, at the age of 38 he prepared himself for competition in the 1900 Olympic Games, which were held in Paris in his home country. He participated in shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the 25 metre firearm and in the Military Revolver Teams 50m for France and won another silver medal. He also competed in a number of other shooting competitions including the Free Rifle standing and kneeling competitions, where he finished 17th place in each, and in the Free Rifle (prone) competition where he narrowly missed the bronze medal, finishing fourth. He also competed in the Free Pistol event where he finished in 7th place, and in the trap shooting competition where he finished 16th place out of 31.
1906 was Moreaux's most successful year in sport shooting. In shooting at the 1906 Intercalated Games he entered in ten different categories, winning a total of five Olympic medals including his first gold medals. He won two gold medals in the 20m duelling pistol and in the 200 metre army rifle, a silver medal in the 25 metres firearm, and two bronze medals in the Free Rifle Free Position and the Free Rifle Team. Moreaux competed in the Military Rifle event and finished fourth, in the Military revolver event and finished fifth, and in the Duelling Pistol (au commandment), finishing in sixth place. He also competed in the Military revolver (gras) event but finished in 16th place and in the Free Pistol (50m) event, finishing in 19th position.
Moreaux entered the 1908 Olympic Games at the age of 46 and competed in the Free Team Rifle competition for France, but narrowly missed bronze, finishing in fourth position. At this point in his career, only four years away from age 50, he only competed in two other events – in the Free Pistol, finishing 17th, and in the Free Rifle Combined event, where he finished in 39th place.
After the 1908 Olympics, Moreaux retired from professional competition. He won 8 Olympic medals during his shooting career, second to only Switzerland's Konrad Stäheli (9) among his contemporaries and still among the top ten in Olympic shooting history.

Léon_Johnson

Léon Johnson (29 February 1876 – 2 January 1943) was a French sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the 1912 Summer Olympics and at the 1920 Summer Olympics.1908 London
In 1908 he was a member of the French team which won the bronze medal in the team free rifle competition.
In the 1908 Summer Olympics he also participated in the following events:

300 metre free rifle - eighth place
moving target small-bore rifle - tenth place
disappearing target small-bore rifle - 21st place1912 Stockholm
Four years later he participated in the following events:

Team 50 metre small-bore rifle - fourth place
Team free rifle - fourth place
Team military rifle - fifth place
50 metre pistol - tenth place
25 metre small-bore rifle - 19th place
300 metre free rifle, three positions - 24th place1920 Antwerp
In 1920 he won silver medals in the 300 metre military rifle, prone event and as member of the French team in the team 300 metre military rifle, prone competition.
In the 1920 Summer Olympics he also participated in the following events:

Team 300 and 600 metre military rifle, prone - fourth place
Team 30 metre military pistol - fifth place
Team 50 metre small-bore rifle - fifth place
Team 300 metre military rifle, standing - fifth place
Team 600 metre military rifle, prone - fifth place
Team 50 metre free pistol - sixth place
50 metre small-bore rifle - result unknown
300 metre military rifle, standing - result unknown

Philippe_Heberlé

Philippe Heberlé (born 21 March 1963) is a French sport shooter and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and became World Champion twice in 1983 and 1985.