Katrine Lund

Katrine Aannestad Lund (born 9 November 1994) is a Norwegian sport shooter. Her achievements include winning an individual gold medal in rifle shooting at the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships, and several team medals at the world championships.

Katrine Lund
Personal information
Born (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994[1]
Kongsberg, Norway
Sport
SportShooting
ClubElverum Rifle Klubb[2]
Coached byEspen Berg-Knutsen[2]
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Cairo300 m rifle 3 positions team
Gold medal – first place2022 Cairo300 m rifle prone team
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku300 m rifle 3 positions
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku300 m rifle 3 positions team
Silver medal – second place2023 Baku300 m rifle prone team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Tallinn10 m air rifle team
Silver medal – second place2021 Osijek50 m rifle 3 positions team
Silver medal – second place2022 Hamar10 m air rifle team

Personal life

Lund was born in Kongsberg[3] in 1994.[1] She grew up in Jondalen[4] and is a sister of sport shooter Kim-André Lund.[5]

Career

2021

At the 2021 European Shooting Championships, she won a silver medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Jeanette Hegg Duestad and Jenny Stene.[6] She also competed in 10 m air rifle team, along with Jeanette Hegg Duestad and Jenny Stene, and they reached the bronze final where they were defeated by Romania.[7]

2022

Competing at the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships, Lund won a gold medal in 300 m rifle 3 positions team, with team mates Jeanette Hegg Duestad and Jenny Vatne, defeating a Swiss team in the final. With Duestad and Vatne, she also won gold medal in 300 m rifle prone team.[8]

2023

Competing at the 2023 European 10 m Events Championships in Tallinn, she won a gold medal in 10 m air rifle team, with Jeanette Hegg Duestad and Jenny Stene. She placed 13th in the individual 10 m air rifle, having missed the final by a small margin.[9][10]

At the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, she won a gold medal in 300 m rifle 3 positions, ahead of Karolina Romanczyk and Silvia Guignard.[5] This was Lund's very first individual victory in an international championship.[11] She also won a gold medal with the Norwegian team, along with Jeanette Hegg Duestad and Jenny Vatne.[5] Further, she won a silver medal in 300 m rifle prone team, along with Duestad and Vatne, at the 2023 world championships.[12]

References
  1. Katrine Lund at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
  2. "Katrine Lund". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. Tosterud, Svein-Erik. "Katrine Aanestad Lund". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. "Katrine fra Jondal møtte Tord i Elverum: Kjærlighetsklikk ved første blikk". Østlendingen (in Norwegian). 3 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. "To gull til Katrine Lund i VM i skyting". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 28 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  6. Rønning, Dag (31 May 2021). "Lagsølv på helmatch til riflejentene – bronse i mix-lag til Jenny og Simon". skyting.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  7. Rønning, Dag (25 May 2021). "4. plass til de norske kvinnene i EM luftrifle". skyting.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. "Medaljedryss til Norge på 300m i VM". skyting.no (in Norwegian). 27 October 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  9. Rønning, Dag (13 March 2023). "Historiske 3 gull til Jeanette". skyting.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  10. "Duestad med gull-hattrick i EM – dramatisk norsk lagseier i luftrifle". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 12 March 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  11. Rønning, Dag (28 August 2023). "VM søndag og mandag: Individuelt gull til Katrine Lund og 2 laggull". skyting.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  12. "VM i skyting: Norge tok gull og sølv i lagkonkurransen på 300 meter rifle". abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian). 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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