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He competed with his birth name Emil Andersson until 2009, when he married and chose to acquire the surname of his wife Martinsson, as permitted by Swedish law.

He grew up close to the Småland-Skåne border, but now lives in Strömsund, Jämtland. His trainer is Claes Johansson. At the 2008 World Running Target Championships, Andersson became the first ever 10 metre running target World Champion in a knockout format. He defeated top seed Vladyslav Prianishnikov in the semifinal (6–3) and then scored seven straight tens in the final, winning it with 6–1 over Miroslav Januš. Andersson defeated his title at the 2009 World Running Target Championships, once again scoring straight tens in the final.

Martinsson was fourth in the Running Target, 10 metres at Athens 2004.

Prior to this, Andersson had won two individual world championship medals: a silver in 50 metre running target mixed at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships and a bronze in 10 metre running target mixed in 2008. He also participated in the last Olympic running target competition which was held in 2004, reaching the final and finishing fourth, missing the bronze medal by 0.3 points. At the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships he failed to win an individual medal, but was part of the Swedish team that won medals in all four team events (one silver and three bronze).

Emil Martinsson, sometimes known as Emil Andersson (born 14 November 1979) is a Swedish running target sport shooter who won several medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships.