Kurt Johansson, Swedish Olympic sport shooter died he was , 97.

Kurt Johansson is the first one on the left.

Kurt Ivar Björn Johansson was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Summer Olympic Games died he was , 97. In 1948 in London he placed fourth in the Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres event. In 1960 in Rome he finished 19th in the same event and 15th in the Men's 50 metre rifle prone competition. Finally, in 1968 in Mexico City, he participated in the Mixed Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, and Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres tournaments, placing 17th, 20th, and 26th respectively.

(25 February 1914 – 8 August 2011)

Johansson was born in Stockholm and competed out of Södermalm Liljeholmens Skf.^[1] He was a successful international competitor outside of the Olympic Games and gained a reputation at the 1947 ISSF World Shooting Championships in his native Stockholm. There he captured individual silver in the 300 m prone and kneeling positions, gold in the 300 m standard position, and bronze in the 50 m prone position, as well as team gold in the 300 m standard position and bronze in the 300 m rifle three position competition. Prior to World War II he had won bronze in the 50 m rifle three positions tournament at the 1939 ISSF World Shooting Championships. At the 1949 edition he won individual silver in the 300 m prone position in addition to team gold in the 300 m standard rifle, silver in the 50 m rifle three positions tournament, and bronze in the 300 m rifle three position event. In 1952 he earned team silver medals in the 300 m standard and three position competitions, as well as the 50 three position event. He captured only two medals, an individual silver in the 50+100 m prone and a team bronze in the 300 m three positions tournament, in 1954, prior to breaking from the international scene.^[2]
Following his experiences at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Johansson captured individual bronze in the 300 m rifle prone and team gold in the 50 m rifle prone competitions at the 1962 ISSF World Shooting Championships. In 1966 he took his final individual gold medals — gold in the 300 m rifle prone and bronze in the 300 m rifle kneeling —^[2] and was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal for his sporting achievements that year, most notably being the oldest-ever ISSF World Championship gold medalist at the time.^[3] He died on 8 August 2011, at the age of 97, in Strängnäs, Sweden.

Medal record
Competitor for  Sweden
Men's shooting
ISSF World Shooting Championships
Gold	1947 Stockholm	300 m rifle standard Individual
Gold	1947 Stockholm	300 m rifle standard Team
Gold	1949 Buenos Aires	300 m rifle standard Team
Gold	1962 Cairo	50 m rifle prone Team
Gold	1966 Wiesbaden	300 m rifle prone Individual
Silver	1947 Stockholm	300 m rifle prone Individual
Silver	1947 Stockholm	300 m rifle kneeling Individual
Silver	1949 Buenos Aires	300 m rifle prone Individual
Silver	1949 Buenos Aires	50 m rifle three positions Team
Silver	1952 Oslo	300 m rifle standard Team
Silver	1952 Oslo	300 m rifle three positions Team
Silver	1952 Oslo	50 m rifle three positions Team
Bronze	1954 Caracas	50+100 m rifle prone Individual
Bronze	1939 Lucerne	50 m rifle three positions Individual
Bronze	1947 Stockholm	50 m rifle prone Individual
Bronze	1947 Stockholm	50 m rifle three positions Team
Bronze	1949 Buenos Aires	300 m rifle three positions Team
Bronze	1954 Caracas	300 m rifle three positions Team
Bronze	1962 Cairo	300 m rifle prone Individual
Bronze	1966 Wiesbaden	300 m rifle kneeling Individual

 

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