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 name	Lars Niklas Bergström
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1974-08-18) 18 August 1974 (age 50) Karlstad, Sweden
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	10 m running target (10RT) 50 m running target (50RT)
Club	Glaskogens JSK[1]
Coached by	Claes Johansson[1]
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Sweden World Championships 2018 Changwon 50 m team running target mixed 2018 Changwon 10 m team running target mixed 2018 Changwon 50 m team running target 2009 Vierumäki 50RTMIX 2018 Changwon 10 m team running target European Championships 2005 Tallinn 10RT 2009 Prague 10RT 2005 Belgrade 10RT 2009 Osijek 50RT 2001 Zagreb 50RT

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]