Marcus Åkerholm

Marcus Ricard Åkerholm (born 29 February 1976 in Flen, Uppsala) is a Swedish sport shooter.[2] He has been selected to compete for Sweden in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has attained numerous top ten finishes in a major international competition, spanning the World and European Championships and the ISSF World Cup series.[1] Åkerholm trains under head coach Stefan Lindblom for the national team, while shooting at a rifle gun range in Uppsala (Swedish: Uppsala Skyttegille).[1]

Marcus Åkerholm
Personal information
Full nameMarcus Ricard Åkerholm
Nationality Sweden
Born (1976-02-29) 29 February 1976
Flen, Uppsala, Sweden
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR60)
ClubUppsala Skyttegille[1]
Coached byStefan Lindblom[1]

Åkerholm qualified for the Swedish team in the men's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 594 to gain an Olympic quota place and join with fellow marksman Sven Haglund for Sweden, following his outside-final finish at the Worlds two years earlier.[3][4] Åkerholm shot a steady 588 out of a possible 600 to tie for thirty-third position with Kyrgyzstan's Aleksandr Babchenko in the qualifying round, failing to reach the Olympic final and trailing Haglund throughout the phase by just a single point.[5][6]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Sven Haglund". ISSF. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marcus Åkerholm". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. "Här börjar svenska klassresan mot Aten" [Swedish athletes have begun their journey to Athens] (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 8 August 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. "Svenska gevärsskyttarna långt ifrån den olympiska finalen" [Swedish rifle shooters missed the Olympic finals] (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2015.


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