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 28 october 1968
mikhail nestruyev

mikhail valeryevich nestruyev -lrb- , born 28 october 1968 in moscow -rrb- is a pistol shooter from moscow , russia .
he is an all-round shooter , having achieved great successes in all five issf pistol events .
he holds the 25 metre center-fire pistol world record of 594 .
he also shares the european record in 25 metre standard pistol with ragnar skanåker and vladas turla , and has performed over 580 at several occasions .
nestruyev has also excelled in the olympic events .
in the 2004 olympics he lost a close final to wang yifu in 10 metre air pistol , but a few days later took the gold in the 50 metre pistol event .
he also won the issf world shooting championships in 1998 -lrb- 25 metre standard pistol -rrb- and 2002 -lrb- 10 metre air pistol -rrb- , and has many other medals from world and european championships in all four events , and has won four consecutive issf world cup finals in air pistol -lrb- 2002-2005 -rrb- .
starting late as a 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooter , nestruyev qualified for the russian team at the 2009 european championships , where he won the silver medal .
holding the rank of lieutenant colonel , nestruyev has also competed successfully for several years in international military competitions .
