# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-larsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:23:23.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-larsen"
name: "John Larsen"
slug: "john-larsen"
description: "John Harry Larsen was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the 100 metre running deer event at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 1952 and placed eighth in 1956. At the 1952 Olympics he used a custom M95M Trombone Conversion in 6.5×55mm of which there were only 3 made. Larsen won seven gold medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in 1949–1954. His son, John H. Larsen, Jr., also became an Olympic rifle shooter."
tagline: "Sport shooter (1913-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Larsen_1952.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "1913-08-27"
deathDate: "1989-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.88
  momentum:             15
  historical:           11.33761733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E6%8B%89%E6%A3%AE"
    title: "约翰·拉森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9)"
    title: "جون لارسن (لاعب رماية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Larsen_(Sportsch%C3%BCtze%2C_1913)"
    title: "John Larsen (Sportschütze, 1913)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Larsen_(sport_shooter%2C_born_1913)"
    title: "John Larsen (sport shooter, born 1913)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%86"
    title: "یان لارشن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Larsen"
    title: "John Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Larsen"
    title: "John Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Larsen"
    title: "John Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Larsen"
    title: "John Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Larsen_(1913%E2%80%931989)"
    title: "John Larsen (1913–1989)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Larsen"
    title: "John Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ларсен, Йон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Larsen"
    title: "John Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4352930"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump