Background
Weinstein was Jewish, and was born in Yekaterinburg, Permanent Governorate, Russian Empire.
Weinstein was Jewish, and was born in Yekaterinburg, Permanent Governorate, Russian Empire.
Vainshtein was affiliated with the Dynamo Saint St. Petersburg club in Saint St. Petersburg. He came in fifth in the men"s 50 metre pistol (60 shots). Vainshtein coached the Soviet shooting team at the 1964 Olympics.
He won a bronze medal in shooting at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, in the free rifle 300 metre rifle three positions, as his teammate Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov won the gold medal, and Robert Bürchler of Sweden won the silver medal. He also won a number of world, European, and Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics championships in his career. He won gold medals as part of the Soviet Union team in both the 25 metre center-fire pistol and the 50 metre pistol in the 1954 World Championships in Caracas. 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.
