Jeanette Hegg Duestad

Jeanette Hegg Duestad (born 11 January 1999) is a Norwegian sport shooter. Her achievements include winning an individual gold medal in rifle shooting at the 2022 world championships, as well as team gold medals in 2022 and 2023.

Jeanette Duestad

Duestad in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Jeanette Hegg Duestad
Born	(1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 26) Tønsberg, Norway
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Club	Nøtterø
Medal record Women's shooting Representing  Norway World Championships 2022 Cairo 300 m rifle 3 positions 2022 Cairo 300 m rifle prone team 2022 Cairo 300 m rifle 3 positions team 2022 Cairo 300 m rifle prone mixed team 2023 Baku 300 m rifle 3 positions team 2023 Baku 50 m rifle prone team 2023 Baku 300 m rifle prone team 2022 Cairo 50 m rifle 3 positions 2023 Baku 50 m rifle 3 positions team European Games 2023 Kraków–Małopolska 50 m rifle 3 positions team 2023 Kraków–Małopolska 10 m air rifle team European Championships 2019 Bologna 50 m rifle 3 positions team 2019 Bologna 50 m rifle prone mixed team 2022 Wrocław 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team 2023 Tallinn 10 m air rifle 2023 Tallinn 10 m air rifle team 2023 Tallinn 10 m air rifle mixed team 2025 Osijek 10 m air rifle team 2025 Osijek 10 m air rifle trio 2025 Osijek 10 m air rifle solo 2025 Châteauroux 300 m Rifle 3 Positions 2025 Châteauroux 300 m Rifle 3 Positions Team 2019 Bologna 50m rifle prone team 2020 Wrocław 10 m rifle team 2021 Osijek 50 m rifle 3 positions team 2022 Hamar 10 m rifle team 2025 Châteauroux 50 m Rifle 3 Positions 2021 Osijek 50 m rifle 3 positions 2022 Wrocław 50 m rifle prone 2022 Wrocław 50 m rifle 3 positions team 2025 Osijek 10 m air rifle mixed team

Biography

Duestad was born in Tønsberg on 11 January 1999.^[1]

2021

At the 2021 European Shooting Championships she won an individual bronze medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions.^[2] Further, she won a silver medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Katrine Lund and Jenny Stene.^[3]

She represented Norway at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, where she placed fourth in women's 10 metre air rifle.^[1]

2022

At the 2022 European 25/50 m Events Championships, she won a gold medal in 50m rifle 3 positions mixed team, together with Jon-Hermann Hegg.^[4]

She won an individual gold medal in 300 m rifle 3 positions at the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships, ahead of Sarina Hitz and Elin Ahlin.^[5] She placed fourth in 300 m rifle prone, missing the bronze with a short margin. She won a gold medal in 300 m rifle 3 positions team, with team mates Katrine Lund and Jenny Vatne, defeating a Swiss team in the final. With the same team, she also won gold medal in 300 m rifle prone team.^[6] She won a bronze medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions, behind winner Miao Wanru and silver medalist Jenny Stene.^[7] On the final day of the championships she won her fourth gold medal, in 300 m rifle prone mixed team, together with Simon Claussen.^[8]

2023

At the 2023 European 10 m Events Championships in Tallinn, her gold medal in 10 m air rifle was Norway's first in 10 meter since Anne Grethe Jeppesen's victory in 1981.^[9] She also won the gold medal in 10 m air rifle team, with Jenny Stene and Katrine Lund, and she won the 10 m air rifle mixed team, teamed with Jon-Hermann Hegg.^[9][10]

She was part of the Norwegian winning team in 50 m rifle (team match) at the 2023 European Games, along with Mari Bårdseng Løvseth and Jenny Stene.^[11] She also competed in 50 m rifle (match) at the games, placing fifth.^[12] At the same European Games she also won a silver medal in 10 m air rifle team, along with Milda Marina Haugen and Jenny Stene, after being defeated by Switzerland in the gold medal match.^[13]

At the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, she won a silver medal in 50 m rifle prone team, along with Mari Bårdseng Løvseth and Jenny Stene, closely behind the Swiss winning team.^[14][15] She also won a silver medal in 300 m rifle prone team, along with Katrine Lund and Jenny Vatne.^[16] She won a bronze medal in 50 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Jenny Stene and Mari Bårdseng Løvseth.^[17] In the very last competition at the 2023 championships she won a gold medal in 300 m rifle 3 positions team, along with Katrine Lund and Jenny Vatne.^[18]

Competing in the 2023 ISSF World Cup, she placed third in 10 meter air rifle at the world cup final in Doha in November.^[19]

2024

In May 2024 Duestad placed fourth in 50 metre rifle match at the 2024 European Championships 25m & 50m events in Osijek, and won a team silver medal with the Norwegian team (behind Switzerland), with team mates Jenny Stene and Mari Bårdseng Løvseth.^[20]

She was selected to represent Norway at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.^[21] Her first competition in the Olympics was in mixed air rifle team with Jon-Hermann Hegg, where they placed fifth, missing the final by a hair (0.1 points).^[22] She qualified for the final in Women's 50 metre rifle three positions,^[23] and placed fourth in the final.^[24]

2025

In March 2025 Duestad won a team bronze medal in 10m air rifle mix at the 2025 European 10 m Events Championships in Osijek, together with Jon-Hermann Hegg. She won a gold medal in team air rifle, along with Marit Bårdseng and Amalie Evensen.^[25] She won a gold medal in 10m air rifle triple, again with Mari Bårdseng Løvseth and Amalie Evensen.^[26] She also won a gold medal in 10m air rifle solo at these championships, defeating Damla Kose in the final.^[27]

She won a silver medal in 50m rifle 3 positions at the 2025 European Shooting Championships.^[28] In the 300m rifle 3 positions she won an individual gold medal,^[29] as well as the team gold medal for Norway, jointly with Jenny Vatne and Oda Flikkerud.^[30]