Michael Nielsen (sport shooter)

Michael Nielsen (born 3 August 1975 in Roskilde) is a Danish sport shooter.[2] He won a silver medal in skeet shooting at the 2003 European Championships in Brno, Czech Republic, and eventually finished seventh at the 2004 Summer Olympics, competing for the Danish team.[1] Nielsen trains under longtime coach Kjild Fristrup as a member of the shooting team at SK København.[3]

Michael Nielsen
Personal information
Full nameMichael Nielsen
Nationality Denmark
Born (1975-08-03) 3 August 1975
Roskilde, Denmark
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Skeet (SK125)
ClubSK København[1]
Coached byKjild Fristrup[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Denmark
European Championships
2003 Brno SK125

Nielsen qualified for the Danish team in the men's skeet at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He had eclipsed a minimum qualifying score of 124 to strike a silver-medal finish and to grab one of the Olympic quota places available at the European Championships less than a year earlier.[4][5] Clearly one of the top favorites vying for an Olympic medal, Nielsen nailed 122 targets out of a possible 125 to force a third-place tie with four other shooters in the qualifying round, but fell abruptly in a tight duel to neighboring Norway's Harald Jensen 2 to 1, who coveted the last seed for the six-man Olympic final, relegating him to seventh.[6][7]

Nielsen is also married to pistol shooter and three-time Olympian Susanne Meyerhoff.[8]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Michael Nielsen". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Nielsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. Bjørn, Michael (4 June 2004). "Dansk OL-helt snuppede fra klubkassen" [Danish Olympic brand snatched from the club box] (in Danish). Ekstrabladet. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. "Grimmel og Nielsen udtaget til OL" [Grimmel and Nielsen qualified for the Olympics] (in Danish). BT. 20 August 2004. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. "Shooting: Men's Skeet Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. "Finalebom for Jensen, italiensk gull" [Final for Jensen, Italy wins gold] (in Norwegian). NRK. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  8. "OL-kandidat, bevæbnet og gravid" [Olympic athlete feels ready to be pregnant] (in Danish). DR.dk. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2015.


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