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Lev Matveyevich Vainshtein (also "Vaynshteyn" and "Lew Weinstein"; 12 March 1916 – 25 December 2004) was a Soviet world champion and Olympic bronze medalist in shooting.[1][2][3]

Lev Vainshtein

Personal information
Born	(1916-03-12)12 March 1916 Yekaterinburg, Yekaterinburgsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	25 December 2004(2004-12-25) (aged 88)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	free rifle 300 metre rifle three positions 50 metre pistol
Club	Dynamo St. Petersburg
Medal record Olympic medal record Men's Shooting Representing the  Soviet Union 1952 Helsinki free rifle 300 metre rifle three positions ISSF World Shooting Championships 1954 Caracas 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Team 1954 Caracas 50 m Pistol Team 1958 Moscow 50 m Pistol Team 1958 Moscow 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Team

Early life

Weinstein was Jewish, and was born in Yekaterinburg, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire.[2][4][5][6]

Shooting career

Vainshtein was affiliated with the Dynamo St. Petersburg club in St. Petersburg.[3]

He won a bronze medal in shooting at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, in the free rifle 300 metre rifle three positions, as his teammate Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov won the gold medal, and Robert Bürchler of Switzerland won the silver medal.[4][6][7][8][9][10][11] He came in fifth in the men's 50 metre pistol (60 shots).[8]

He also won a number of world, European, and USSR championships in his career.[9] He won gold medals as part of the Soviet Union team in both the 25 metre center-fire pistol and the 50 metre pistol in the 1954 World Championships in Caracas.[12] Four years later, he again won a gold medal with the Soviet team in the 50 metre pistol at the 1958 World Championships in Moscow, and was part of the Soviet silver medal-winning Soviet team in the 25 metre center-fire pistol.[12]

Vainshtein coached the Soviet shooting team at the 1964 Olympics.[2]

Publications

• Sportskytte med pistol och revolver, Lew Weinstein, Svenska Sportskytteförbundet, 1961
• Sportliches Schiessen mit Faustfeuerwaffen, Lew Weinstein, Dt. Schützenbund, 1979

See also

• List of select Jewish shooters

References

На других языках

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[de] Lew Matwejewitsch Wainschtein

Lew Matwejewitsch Wainschtein (russisch Лев Матвеевич Вайнштейн; * 12. März 1916 in Jekaterinburg, Russisches Kaiserreich; † 25. Dezember 2004 in Moskau) war ein sowjetischer Sportschütze.

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- [en] Lev Weinstein

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[fr] Lev Weinstein

Lev Matveyevich Weinstein (parfois russifié en Vainshtein ou "Vaynshteyn" ou encore "Lew Weinstein"; né le 12 mars 1916 – mort le 25 décembre 2004) est un tireur sportif soviétique.

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[it] Lev Vajnštejn

Lev Matveevič Vajnštejn (in russo: Лев Матвеевич Вайнштейн?; tr.en: Lev Matveyevich Vainshtein o Lew Weinstein; Ekaterinburg, 12 marzo 1916 – Mosca, 25 dicembre 2004) è stato un tiratore a segno sovietico.

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[ru] Вайнштейн, Лев Матвеевич

Лев Матвеевич Вайнштейн (12 марта 1916 (1916-03-12), Екатеринбург, Пермская губерния, Российская империя — 25 декабря 2004, Москва, Россия) — советский спортсмен, стрелок из винтовки, пистолета и револьвера, призёр Летних Олимпийских игр 1952 года.

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