Niklas Bergström

Lars Niklas Bergström (born 18 August 1974) is a Swedish sport shooter.[2] He has been selected to compete for Sweden in running target shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has won a total of seventeen medals in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series, the World Championships, and the European Championships.[1] Bergstrom trains under head coach Claes Johansson for the national running target team, while shooting at Glaskogens JSK in Glava.[1][3]

Niklas Bergström
Personal information
Full nameLars Niklas Bergström
NationalitySwedish
Born (1974-08-18) 18 August 1974
Karlstad, Sweden
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
CountrySweden
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m running target (10RT)
50 m running target (50RT)
ClubGlaskogens JSK[1]
Coached byClaes Johansson[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
2018 Changwon50 m team running target mixed
2018 Changwon10 m team running target mixed
2018 Changwon50 m team running target
2009 Vierumäki50RTMIX
2018 Changwon10 m team running target
European Championships
2005 Tallinn10RT
2009 Prague10RT
2005 Belgrade10RT
2009 Osijek50RT
2001 Zagreb50RT

Career

Bergström qualified for his first and only Swedish squad in the last Olympic running target competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4] He finished behind U.S. shooter and three-time Olympian Adam Saathoff in a runner-up position at the ISSF World Cup meet a year earlier in Suhl, Germany to secure an Olympic berth for Sweden, and eventually join with fellow marksman Emil Andersson for the national team.[5][6] Bergstrom marked a steady 286 in the slow-target portion and 285 in the fast-moving round to accumulate a total score of 571 points in the qualifying round, shutting him out of the Olympic final to twelfth in a 19-shooter field.[7][8]

At the 2009 World Running Target Championships in Vierumäki, Finland, Bergström held off a strenuous challenge from Russia's Igor Kolessov to capture his first ever Worlds medal in a bronze medal duel 20 to 19, finishing third at 391 points.[9]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Niklas Bergström". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Niklas Bergström". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. "Niklas Bergström skjuter för ny medalj" [Niklas Bergström shoots for a new medal] (in Swedish). VF.se. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. "Här börjar svenska klassresan mot Aten" [Swedish athletes have begun their journey to Athens] (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. "Värmländsk framgång i sportskytte" [Värmländ native scores success in sport shooting] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 27 July 2003. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  7. "Shooting: Men's 10m Running Target Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. "8:e plats för Andersson i skyttekval" [8th place for Andersson in the running target] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 27 July 2003. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. Viitanen, Matti (27 August 2009). "Staffan Holmström ampui MM-hopeaa liikkuvan maalin pienoiskiväärin sekajuoksuissa Vierumäellä, Suomelle joukkuehopeaa" [Staffan Holmström shoots for the silver in men's running target at the World Championships in Vierumäki, Finns take the team silver] (in Finnish). Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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