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Mikhail Valerievich Nestruev (Russian: Михаил Валерьевич Неструев, born October 28, 1968 in Moscow) 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 holds the 25 m Center-Fire Pistol world record of 594. 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 also won the [[ISSF World Shooting Championships in 1998 (25 m Standard Pistol) and 2002 (10 m Air Pistol), 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 (2002-2005).
Holding the rank of lieutenant colonel, Nestruev has also competed successfully for several years in international military competitions.
Nestruev - the winner of World Cup'07 in Munich
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