Nickolaus Mowrer (born September 14, 1988, in

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) is an American sport shooter. He is a three-time NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Champion in the free pistol ( FP), a 2011 U.S. pistol shooting champion, and also, a resident athlete of the

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, under his personal coach Sergey Luzov. At the

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, Mowrer missed out on a bronze medal by 5.5 points, finishing in 4th behind

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of Brazil in the men's free pistol, with a total score of 634.4 (545 in the preliminary rounds and 89.4 in the final). Mowrer qualified for the men's 50 m pistol, along with his teammate

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, at the

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, after placing second and edging out former Olympian Brian Beaman from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in

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, with a final score of 1,855.5. Mowrer scored a total of 558 points in the qualifying rounds by a single inner ten behind Thailand's Jakkrit Panichpatikum, finishing only in fifteenth place. He has qualified to represent the United States at the

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. He is currently a staff sergeant in the

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USA Shooting Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mowrer, Nick 1988 births Living people American male sport shooters American military Olympians United States Distinguished Marksman Olympic shooters of the United States Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2011 Pan American Games People from Miles City, Montana Sportspeople from Montana Shooters at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Shooters at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics United States Army non-commissioned officers United States Army reservists