Aleksey Gushchin

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Aleksey Gushchin
File:Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Aleksey Gushchin, Makhmud Umarov 1960.jpg
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Aleksey Gushchin and Makhmud Umarov at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born 5 January 1922
Aleksandrovka, Voronezh Oblast, Russia
Died 1987 (aged 55)
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport Pistol shooting
Club DOSAAF, Moscow

Aleksey Petrovich Gushchin (Russian: Алексей Петрович Гущин; 5 January 1922 – 1987) was a Soviet pistol shooter who won the 50 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics setting a new Olympic record.[1] During his career he set two world and two European records and won two individual silver medals at the world and European championships. In retirement he worked as a shooting coach and in 1965 wrote a handbook on pistol shooting.[2]

References

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  2. Гущин Алексей Петрович. Great Soviet Encyclopedia

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