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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]

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Lev Vainshtein
Personal information
Born(1916-03-12)12 March 1916
Yekaterinburg, Yekaterinburgsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire
Died25 December 2004(2004-12-25) (aged 88)
Sport
CountrySoviet Union
SportShooting
Events
ClubDynamo St. Petersburg
Medal record
Olympic medal record
Men's Shooting
Representing the  Soviet Union
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki free rifle 300 metre rifle three positions
ISSF World Shooting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 Caracas 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Team
Gold medal – first place 1954 Caracas 50 m Pistol Team
Gold medal – first place 1958 Moscow 50 m Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place 1958 Moscow 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Team
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Early life

Weinstein was born into a Jewish family from Yekaterinburg, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire.[2][4][5][6]

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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][12]

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.[13] 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.[13]

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

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