Lev Vainshtein

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 Yekaterinburg, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire.

Shooting career Vainshtein was affiliated with the Dynamo St. Petersburg club in St. Petersburg. He came in fifth in the men's 50 metre pistol (60 shots).

He also won a number of world, European, and USSR championships in his career. 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.

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