Yevgeny Cherkasov

Specializing in rapid-fire pistol, Yevgeny Cherkasov competed at two Olympic Games, two World and two European Championships. He won the rapid-fire pistol silver at the 1956 Olympic Games, while placing 12th in 1960, was a World team champion in 1954 and 1958 and European individual champion in 1955 and team champion in 1955 and 1959. He also won Soviet rapid-fire pistol titles in 1956 and 1958 and set one rapid-fire pistol world record in 1955, with 587, when he won the European title in Buçuresti, Romania. Cherkasov also helped Soviet teams set world records in winning the 1954 and 1958 World titles and the 1955 European titles. After finishing his sporting career, Cherkasov worked more than 30 years as the doctor for the Soviet and later Russian national shooting teams.