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.

Early life

Weinstein was born into a Jewish family from

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Shooting career

Vainshtein was affiliated with the Dynamo St. Petersburg club in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. He won a bronze medal in shooting at the

1952 Olympics 1952 Olympics refers to both: *The 1952 Winter Olympics, which were held in Oslo, Norway *The 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the X ...

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, in the free rifle

300 metre rifle three positions 300 m rifle three positions (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an ISSF shooting event, involving shooting 40 shots each from the prone, the standing and the kneeling positions. Men and women both shoot the same number of sho ...

, as his teammate

Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov (russian: Анатолий Иванович Богданов; 1 January 1931 – 30 September 2001) was a Soviet sport shooter and Olympic champion. He was born in Leningrad. He won a gold medal in the 300 m rifle ...

won the gold medal, and

Robert Bürchler Robert Bürchler (28 May 1915 – 23 April 1993) was a Swiss sport shooter. He won a silver medal in Men's 300 m Rifle, 3 positions at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, behind Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov and ahead of Lev Vainshtein Lev ...

of Switzerland won the silver medal. He came in fifth in the men's

50 metre pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to th ...

(60 shots). He also won a number of world, European, and USSR championships in his career. He won gold medals as part of the Soviet Union team in both the

25 metre center-fire pistol 25 meter center-fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events, and is normally a men-only event. Its origin lies in competitions with military-style service pistols, and as such its history dates back to the 19th century. 25 meter pistol (forme ...

and the

in the 1954 World Championships in

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. 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. Vainshtein coached the Soviet shooting team at the

1964 Olympics 1964 Olympics refers to both: *The 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Ba ...

Publications

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weinstein, Lev 1916 births 2004 deaths Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg People from Yekaterinburgsky Uyezd Russian Jews Soviet male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Russian male sport shooters Jewish sport shooters Soviet Jews Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Early life

Shooting career

Publications

See also

References