Alexei Petrovich Gushchin
Alexei Gushchin medal table |
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![]() Gushchin (center) at the 1960 award ceremony |
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Olympic games | ||
gold | Rome 1960 | Free pistol 50 m |
World championships | ||
silver | Moscow 1958 | Free pistol |
gold | Moscow 1958 | Free pistol (M) |
gold | Cairo 1962 | Free pistol (M) |
Alexei Petrovich Guschtschin ( Russian Алексей Петрович Гущин ; born January 5, 1922 in Voronezh Oblast , Russian SFSR ; † December 14, 1986 in Moscow ) was a Soviet sports shooter .
successes
Alexei Gushchin took part in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome in the competition with the Free Pistol , in which he set a new Olympic record with 560 points. He stayed eight points ahead of second-placed Machmud Umarov and Yoshihisa Yoshikawa and became Olympic champion . As early as 1958 he won the silver medal in individual at the World Championships in Moscow with the free pistol and secured the title with the team. He repeated this team success in 1962 in Cairo .
Web links
- Alexei Gushchin in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
- Alexei Gushchin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gushchin, Alexei Petrovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gushchin, Aleksey Petrovich (English transcription); Гущин, Алексей Петрович (Cyrillic) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet marksman |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1922 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Voronezh Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union |
DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1986 |
Place of death | Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union |