Nickolaus Mowrer (born September 14, 1988, in Miles City, Montana) is an American sport shooter.[1][2][3] 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 United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, under his personal coach Sergey Luzov.[1][4][5] At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Mowrer missed out on a bronze medal by 5.5 points, finishing in 4th behind Júlio Almeida 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).[6]

Nick Mowrer
Sgt Mowrer in 2017
Personal information
Full nameNickolaus Mowrer
NationalityAmerican
Born (1988-09-14) September 14, 1988 (age 35)
Miles City, Montana, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight187 lb (85 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubU.S. Olympic Training Center[1]
U.S. Army
Coached bySergey Luzov[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 10 m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Mixed 10 m air pistol

Mowrer qualified for the men's 50 m pistol, along with his teammate Daryl Szarenski, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, after placing second and edging out former Olympian Brian Beaman from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Fort Benning, Georgia, with a final score of 1,855.5.[7][8] 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.[9][10]

He has qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11]

He is currently a staff sergeant in the United States Army Reserves.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Nick Mowrer". London 2012. Archived from the original on May 29, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nick Mowrer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "Nick Mowrer". Team USA. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  4. ^ Jillson, Kyle (June 7, 2012). "Montana NRA Pistol champion makes Olympics". NRA Blog. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  5. ^ Eamon, Sean (August 19, 2011). "Mowrer claims national title". The Montana Standard. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  6. ^ "ISSF Profile – Nick Mowrer". ISSF. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  7. ^ Eamon, Sean (June 3, 2012). "Mowrer makes Olympics team". The Montana Standard. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  8. ^ "Szarenski and Mowrer to Represent the USA in Men's 50m Free Pistol in London". USA Shooting. June 2, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  9. ^ "Men's 50m Pistol Qualification". London 2012. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  10. ^ "Butte's Mowrer Just Misses Olympic Finals". KXLF-TV. August 5, 2012. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  11. ^ "USA Shooting rounds out Tokyo Olympic team roster | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved June 17, 2021.

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