 Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Aleksey Gushchin and Makhmud Umarov at the 1960 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 January 1922 Aleksandrovka, Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 December 1986 (aged 64)[1] Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Pistol shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | DOSAAF, Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Aleksey Petrovich Gushchin (Russian: Алексей Петрович Гущин; 5 January 1922 – 14 December 1986) was a Soviet pistol shooter who won the 50 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics, setting a new Olympic record.[2] 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.[3]
