Niklas Bergström

Lars Niklas Bergström (born 18 August 1974) is a Swedish sport shooter.[2] He has been selected to compete for Sweden in running target shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has won a total of seventeen medals in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series, the World Championships, and the European Championships.[1] Bergstrom trains under head coach Claes Johansson for the national running target team, while shooting at Glaskogens JSK in Glava.[1][3]

Niklas Bergström
Personal information
Full nameLars Niklas Bergström
NationalitySwedish
Born (1974-08-18) 18 August 1974
Karlstad, Sweden
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
CountrySweden
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m running target (10RT)
50 m running target (50RT)
ClubGlaskogens JSK[1]
Coached byClaes Johansson[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Changwon50 m team running target mixed
Gold medal – first place2018 Changwon10 m team running target mixed
Silver medal – second place2018 Changwon50 m team running target
Bronze medal – third place2009 Vierumäki50RTMIX
Bronze medal – third place2018 Changwon10 m team running target
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Tallinn10RT
Gold medal – first place2009 Prague10RT
Silver medal – second place2005 Belgrade10RT
Silver medal – second place2009 Osijek50RT
Bronze medal – third place2001 Zagreb50RT

Career

Bergström qualified for his first and only Swedish squad in the last Olympic running target competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4] He finished behind U.S. shooter and three-time Olympian Adam Saathoff in a runner-up position at the ISSF World Cup meet a year earlier in Suhl, Germany to secure an Olympic berth for Sweden, and eventually join with fellow marksman Emil Andersson for the national team.[5][6] Bergstrom marked a steady 286 in the slow-target portion and 285 in the fast-moving round to accumulate a total score of 571 points in the qualifying round, shutting him out of the Olympic final to twelfth in a 19-shooter field.[7][8]

At the 2009 World Running Target Championships in Vierumäki, Finland, Bergström held off a strenuous challenge from Russia's Igor Kolessov to capture his first ever Worlds medal in a bronze medal duel 20 to 19, finishing third at 391 points.[9]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Niklas Bergström". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Niklas Bergström". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. "Niklas Bergström skjuter för ny medalj" [Niklas Bergström shoots for a new medal] (in Swedish). VF.se. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. "Här börjar svenska klassresan mot Aten" [Swedish athletes have begun their journey to Athens] (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. "Värmländsk framgång i sportskytte" [Värmländ native scores success in sport shooting] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 27 July 2003. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  7. "Shooting: Men's 10m Running Target Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. "8:e plats för Andersson i skyttekval" [8th place for Andersson in the running target] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 27 July 2003. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. Viitanen, Matti (27 August 2009). "Staffan Holmström ampui MM-hopeaa liikkuvan maalin pienoiskiväärin sekajuoksuissa Vierumäellä, Suomelle joukkuehopeaa" [Staffan Holmström shoots for the silver in men's running target at the World Championships in Vierumäki, Finns take the team silver] (in Finnish). Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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