Aleksey Gushchin
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) 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. 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.