{{Short description|Norwegian sport shooter (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Simon Kolstad Claussen | image = Simon Kolstad Claussen.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1991|6|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Setskog, Norway | nationality = Norwegian | sport = Shooting | event = | club = Høland/Bjørkelangen <br> Kisen | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|{{nowrap|300 m rifle prone}}}} {{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|50 m rifle 3 positions team}} {{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|{{nowrap|50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team}}}} {{MedalGold|2023 Baku|300 m rifle prone team}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Cairo| 300 m standard rifle open}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Baku|{{nowrap|300 m rifle 3 positions team}}}} {{Medal|Competition|European Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków–Małopolska|{{nowrap|50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Osijek|50 m rifle 3 positions team }} {{MedalBronze|2021 Osijek|{{Nowrap|50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team }} }} }}
'''Simon Kolstad Claussen''' (born 21 June 1991) is a Norwegian sport shooter. His achievements include winning both individual and team medals in rifle shooting at the 2022 world championships. He co-holds a team world record in 50 metre rifle three positions since 2021.
==Biography== Born in Setskog on 21 June 1991, Claussen represents the clubs Høland/Bjørkelangen skytterlag and Kisen MSL. He has won several national titles in rifle shooting, and represented Norway internationally.<ref name=snl/>
===2021=== Competing at the 2021 European Shooting Championships in Croatia, Claussen won a silver medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Jon-Hermann Hegg and Henrik Larsen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Helmatch-bronse til Jeanette Hegg Duestad – lagsølv til gutta |first=Dag |last=Rønning | url=https://www.skyting.no/2021/05/30/helmatch-bronse-til-jeanette-hegg-duestad-lagsolv-til-gutta/ |website=skyting.no |language=no |date=30 May 2021 |access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref> He won a bronze medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team, along with Jenny Stene.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lagsølv på helmatch til riflejentene – bronse i mix-lag til Jenny og Simon |first=Dag |last=Rønning |url=https://www.skyting.no/2021/05/31/lagsolv-pa-helmatch-til-riflejentene-bronse-i-mix-lag-til-jenny-og-simon/ |website=skyting.no |language=no |date=31 May 2021 |access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref> He also competed in 50 m rifle 3 positions, placing seventh. Together with Jon-Hermann Hegg and Henrik Larsen, who won individual gold and silver medals, respectively, he set a new world record for teams in the qualifications with a total of 3549 points.<ref>{{cite web|title=EM-gull på helmatch til Jon-Hermann Hegg – sølv til Henrik Larsen |first=Dag |last=Rønning |url=https://www.skyting.no/2021/05/29/em-gull-pa-helmatch-til-jon-hermann-hegg-solv-til-henrik-larsen/ |website=skyting.no |language=no |date=29 May 2021 |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
===2022=== He won a silver medal in 300 m rifle at the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title= VM-sølv til Simon Kolstad Claussen i Kairo |url= https://www.skyting.no/2022/10/25/vm-solv-til-simon-kolstad-claussen-i-kairo/ |website=skyting.no |language=no |date=25 October 2022 |access-date= 21 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title= VM-sølv til Claussen |language=no |url= https://www.nrk.no/sport/vm-solv-til-claussen-1.16151601 |website=nrk.no | date=25 October 2022 |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref> He won a gold medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Larsen and Hegg, after defeating a French team in the final match.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/media/resultspdf/2022/3074/F100030TA2310221230.1.R3PTEAMM.0.001.pdf|website= isssf-sports.org |title=Men's 50 m rifle three positions team results |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> Further, he won a gold medal in 300 m rifle prone mixed team, along with Jeanette Hegg Duestad, as well as gold medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team, at the 2022 World Championships.<ref>{{cite news| title= Norge herjet på VMs siste dag – skytegull til Duestad og Claussen |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/sport/2022/10/27/norge-herjet-pa-vms-siste-dag-skytegull-til-duestad-og-claussen/ |work=Dagsavisen | date=25 October 2022 |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
===2023=== In June 2023 Claussen competed at the 2023 European Games, where he won a bronze medal in mixed team, along with Jenny Stene.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team – Results|url=https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/SHO/EG2023_SHO_C73FD2_SHOXR3PMT-------------FNL---------.pdf|date=2 July 2023|access-date=31 July 2024|website=european-games.org}}</ref> Along with Ole Martin Halvorsen and Jon-Hermann Hegg, he qualified for the finals in 50 metre rifle team, where they placed fourth, defeated by Serbia in the bronze medal match.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Team – Results|url=https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/SHO/EG2023_SHO_C73FD2_SHOMR3PMT-------------FNL---------.pdf|date=29 June 2023|access-date=31 July 2024|website=european-games.org}}</ref>
At the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, he won a gold medal in 300 m rifle prone team, along with Kim-André Lund and Odd Arne Brekne. He placed fourth in the individual contest.<ref>{{cite news |title=VM i skyting: Norge tok gull og sølv i lagkonkurransen på 300 meter rifle |url=https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/sport/2023/08/27/195944583/vm-i-skyting-norge-tok-gull-og-solv-i-lagkonkurransen-pa-300-meter-rifle |website=abcnyheter.no |language=no |date= 27 August 2023 |access-date=28 August 2023 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title= Simon Kolstad Claussen |first=Svein-Erik |last=Tosterud |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Simon_Kolstad_Claussen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=21 August 2023}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{ISSF}} * {{Team Norway|sportsskyting/simon-kolstad-claussen|Simon Kolstad Claussen}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Claussen, Simon Kolstad}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:People from Aurskog-Høland Category:Sport shooters from Akershus Category:Norwegian male sport shooters Category:21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Category:Shooters at the 2019 European Games Category:Shooters at the 2023 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2023 European Games Category:European Games bronze medalists for Norway Category:European Games medalists in shooting