Mikhail Nestruev

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Olympic medal record
Men's shooting
Gold 2004 Athens 50 m pistol
Silver 2004 Athens 10 m air pistol

Mikhail Nestruev (born October 28, 1968) is a pistol shooter from Moscow, Russia. He is an all-round shooter, having achieved great successes in four of the five ISSF pistol events. He is one of the holders of the 25 m Center-Fire Pistol World record, 590, which he has achieved twice. He also shares the European record in 25 m Standard Pistol with Ragnar Skanåker and Vladas Turla, and has performed over 580 at several occasions.

Nestruev has also excelled in the Olympic events. In the 2004 Olympics he lost a close final to Wang Yifu in 10 m Air Pistol, but a few days later took the gold in the 50 m Pistol event. He has also many medals from World and European Championships in all four events, and has won four consecutive ISSF World Cup Finals in Air Pistol (2002-2005).

Holding the rank of lieutenant colonel, Nestruev has also competed successfully for several years in international military competitions.

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Olympic medalists in shooting | Olympic Champions in men's 50 m Pistol
Sumner Paine | Konrad Roderer | Paul van Asbroeck | Alfred Lane | Karl Telford Frederick | Torsten Ullman | Edwin Vazquez Cam | Huelet Benner | Pentti Linnosvuo | Alexei Gustchin | Väinö Markkanen | Grigori Kosych | Ragnar Skanåker | Uwe Potteck | Alexander Melentiev | Xu Haifeng | Sorin Babii | Kanstantsin Lukashyk | Boris Kokorev | Tanyu Kiryakov | Mikhail Nestruev


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