Aleksey Gushchin should not be confused with Aleksei Guschin.
Birth Date: | 5 January 1922 |
Birth Place: | Aleksandrovka, Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 1.7m (05.6feet) |
Weight: | 84kg (185lb) |
Sport: | Pistol shooting |
Club: | DOSAAF, Moscow |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Aleksey Petrovich Gushchin (ru|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]