Emil Martinsson

{{Short description|Swedish sport shooter (born 1979)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name =

| full_name = Per Johan Emil Andersson Martinsson{{cite web|url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/104840|title=Emil Andersson Biographical information|publisher=olympedia.org|accessdate=29 May 2020}}

| birth_name = Emil Andersson

| image =

| nationality = Swedish

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|11|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Göteryd, Sweden

| height = 1.81 m

| weight = 78 kg

| country = Sweden

| sport = Shooting

| event = Running target shooting

| club = Osby

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Individual}}

{{MedalCount|total=yes

| World Championships | 7 | 5 | 3

| European Championships | 9 | 10 | 12

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{{Medal|Sport|Team}}

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| World Championships | 3 | 1 | 3

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Emil Martinsson, sometimes known as Emil Andersson (born 14 November 1979) is a Swedish running target sport shooter{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-367763065/hunter-on-the-prowl-gb-para-table-tennis|title=Hunter on the Prowl; GB PARA TABLE TENNIS|publisher=Liverpool Echo|date=12 May 2014|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051315/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-367763065/hunter-on-the-prowl-gb-para-table-tennis|url-status=dead}} who won several medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/pages/historicalresults.aspx?hr=wch_multi_medalists_adult_men_individual|title=Multi-Medalists World Championships Men Individual|publisher=issf-sports.org|accessdate=30 May 2020}}

He competed with his birth name Emil Andersson until 2009, when he married and chose to acquire the surname of his wife Martinsson, as permitted by Swedish law.{{cite web|url=https://www.skyttesport.se/tavlingsverksamhet/ISSFWorldChampionshipRunningTarget2012/News/Swedenacountrywithagreatshootinghistory/|title=Sweden – a country with a great shooting history|quote=2009 This year Emil Andersson gets married and changes his last name to Martinsson.|publisher=skyttesport.se|accessdate=29 May 2020}}

Biography

Martinsson was fourth in the Running Target, 10 metres at Athens 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympedia.org/results/52006|title=Running Target, 10 metres, Men|publisher=olympedia.org|accessdate=29 May 2020}}

He grew up close to the Småland-Skåne border, but now lives in Strömsund, Jämtland. His trainer is Claes Johansson. At the 2008 World Running Target Championships, Martinsson became the first ever 10 metre running target World Champion in a knockout format. He defeated top seed Vladyslav Prianishnikov in the semifinal (6–3) and then scored seven straight tens in the final, winning it with 6–1 over Miroslav Januš. Martinsson defeated his title at the 2009 World Running Target Championships, once again scoring straight tens in the final.

Prior to this, Martinsson had won two individual world championship medals: a silver in 50 metre running target mixed at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships and a bronze in 10 metre running target mixed in 2008. He also participated in the last Olympic running target competition which was held in 2004, reaching the final and finishing fourth, missing the bronze medal by 0.3 points. At the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships he failed to win an individual medal, but was part of the Swedish team that won medals in all four team events (one silver and three bronze).

Martinsson holds several Swedish records; his 50 metre running target record is 598 points, two points higher than the world record.

Individual and team medals at World Championships

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YearCompetitionVenueRankEventPoints
2002

|align=left|World Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Lahti

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|50 m running target mixed

|394

rowspan=3|2008

|rowspan=3 align=left|World Championships

|rowspan=3 align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Plzeň

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|10 m running target

|577 + 6 + 6

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|10 m running target mixed

|382

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|bgcolor=plum|50 m running target mixed (team)

|1160

2009

|align=left|World Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Heinola

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|10 m running target

|578 + 6 + 6

rowspan=2|2008

|rowspan=2 align=left|World Championships

|rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Munich

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|50 m running target

|590

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|50 m running target mixed

|391

rowspan=2|2012

|rowspan=2 align=left|World Championships

|rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Stockholm

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|50 m running target

|590 + 19

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|50 m running target mixed

|390

rowspan=5|2014

|rowspan=5 align=left|World Championships

|rowspan=5 align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Granada

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|10 m running target

|578 + 6 + 6

bgcolor=gold|1st

|bgcolor=plum|50 m running target (team)

|1166

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|10 m running target mixed

|389

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|50 m running target mixed

|394

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|bgcolor=plum|50 m running target mixed (team)

|1741

rowspan=3|2016

|rowspan=3 align=left|World Championships

|rowspan=3 align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Suhl

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|10 m running target mixed

|390

bgcolor=gold|1st

|50 m running target mixed

|396

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|50 m running target

|587

rowspan=5|2018

|rowspan=5 align=left|World Championships

|rowspan=5 align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Changwon

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|50 m running target mixed

|393

bgcolor=gold|1st

|bgcolor=plum|10 m running target mixed (team)

|1147

bgcolor=gold|1st

|bgcolor=plum|50 m running target mixed (team)

|1171

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|bgcolor=plum|50 m running target (team)

|1756

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|bgcolor=plum|10 m running target (team)

|1718

Individual medals at the European Championships

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Discipline{{Gold1}}{{Silver2}}{{Bronze3}}
align=left|10 m running target324
align=left|10 m running target mixed214
align=left|50 m running target241
align=left|50 m running target mixed132
81011

References

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