Norwegian shooting sports star Julie Paulsen Johannessen, 21, has been found dead in her room on the university campus in Texas, USA. She had just returned from the first World Cup competition of her career, which was organized in Lima, Peru.
Johannessen won the European Youth Championship gold in 50-meter rifle shooting last fall. In the same games, she won silver in the mixed team competition and bronze in the team competition. Johannessen achieved success in the youth world cup earlier in the same season.
In April, the Norwegian participated in the first World Cup competition of her career in Lima, the capital of Peru. Johannessen had started studying at the University of Texas, on whose campus she also lived, last summer. Johannessen was found dead in her room just days later after returning from Peru.
The cause of death is currently unknown. Johannessen had planned her summer training before her death. The Norwegian Shooting Association published its own obituary due to the death, in which the head of the sports association, Tor Idar Aune, describes the sadness experienced by the organization.
One of Norway’s biggest shooting sports promises has left us. She was an athlete who was ready to give everything to succeed in her sport. It feels incredibly sad, it hurts and it’s completely unreal, Idar Aune wrote.
We want to support the family in their grief and be part of the fact that Julie’s memory is well taken care of. We wish peace to the memory of Julie Paulsen Johannessen, Idar Aune concluded.
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