Emil Martinsson

Emil Martinsson

Personal information
Birth name	Emil Andersson
Full name	Per Johan Emil Andersson Martinsson
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1979-11-14) 14 November 1979 Göteryd, Sweden
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Shooting
Event	Running target shooting
Club	Osby
Medal record Individual Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 7 5 3 European Championships 9 10 12 Total 16 15 15 Team Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 3 1 3

Emil Martinsson, sometimes known as Emil Andersson (born 14 November 1979) is a Swedish running target sport shooter who won several medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships.

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.

Biography

Martinsson was fourth in the Running Target, 10 metres at Athens 2004.

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

  Team event

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Points
2002	World Championships	Lahti	2nd	50 m running target mixed	394
2008	World Championships	Plzeň	1st	10 m running target	577 + 6 + 6
			3rd	10 m running target mixed	382
			3rd	50 m running target mixed (team)	1160
2009	World Championships	Heinola	1st	10 m running target	578 + 6 + 6
2008	World Championships	Munich	1st	50 m running target	590
			3rd	50 m running target mixed	391
2012	World Championships	Stockholm	2nd	50 m running target	590 + 19
			2nd	50 m running target mixed	390
2014	World Championships	Granada	1st	10 m running target	578 + 6 + 6
			1st	50 m running target (team)	1166
			2nd	10 m running target mixed	389
			2nd	50 m running target mixed	394
			3rd	50 m running target mixed (team)	1741
2016	World Championships	Suhl	1st	10 m running target mixed	390
			1st	50 m running target mixed	396
			3rd	50 m running target	587
2018	World Championships	Changwon	1st	50 m running target mixed	393
			1st	10 m running target mixed (team)	1147
			1st	50 m running target mixed (team)	1171
			2nd	50 m running target (team)	1756
			3rd	10 m running target (team)	1718

Individual medals at the European Championships

Discipline
10 m running target	3	2	4
10 m running target mixed	2	1	4
50 m running target	2	4	1
50 m running target mixed	1	3	2
	8	10	11

External links

• Emil Martinsson at ISSF
• Emil Martinsson at Olympedia
• Emil Martinsson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)