SSG Nickolaus Mowrer

Men's Shooting

Sport: Men's Shooting

Event: 10 Meter Air Pistol and 25 Meter Rapid Fire Pistol

Position: 10M Air Pistol

Hometown: Butte, MT

High School: Butte High

College: Montana Tech, The Ohio State University, Pikes Peak Community College

Joined Army: October 2012

MOS: 31E, Internment/Resettlement Specialist

SSG Nickolaus Mowrer was twelve when he attended his first NRA high power rifle match. Hired to sit in the target pits and operate targets for the shooters, he soon borrowed a rifle and ammo for his own turn. “Once I fired my first shot, it was all over,” he says. He began as a junior shooter, worked his way through the sport in a college environment, bringing Montana Tech University its first National Championship. Afterwards, he accepted a scholarship from The Ohio State University, then earned residency at the Olympic Training Center, where he has trained for four years. Mowrer is a four-time national champion and seven-time national record holder, and he made his first Olympic team in 2012.

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Career Highlights

U.S. Olympic Team Member (2012, 2020)

2023

1^st Place - USA Shooting National Championships, Fort Moore, GA (10m Air Pistol)

1^st place - ISCH-Hannover Shooting Competition in Hannover, Germany (50m 3-Position)

2^nd place - ISCH-Hannover Shooting Competition in Hannover, Germany (10m Air Pistol)

5^th place - IWK Berlin Shooting Competition in Berlin, Germany (50m 3 Position Rifle event)

2022

3^rd place - ISSF President’s Cup, Cairo, Egypt (10m Air Pistol)

2^nd place - USA Shooting Pistol National Championships, Colorado Springs, CO (10m Air Pistol)

3^rd place - USA Shooting Pistol National Championships, Colorado Springs, CO (25m Rapid Fire Pistol)

3^rd place - Rifle & Pistol Selection Matches, Colorado Springs, CO (25m Rapid Fire Pistol)

2^nd place - Rifle & Pistol Selection Matches, Colorado Springs, CO (10m Air Pistol)

4^th place - World Cup, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (10m Air Pistol)

4^th place - World Cup, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (50m 3 Position Rifle)

2021

5^th place - World Cup, New Delhi, India (10m Air Pistol)

2^nd place - Smallbore Olympic Trials, Fort Benning, GA (50m 3 Position Rifle)

1^st place - USA Shooting Winter Air Gun Championship, Anniston, AL (10m Air Pistol)

1^st place - USA Shooting Winter Air Gun Championship, Anniston, AL (3 Man Team Event)

3^rd place - USA Shooting Winter Air Gun Championship, Anniston, AL (2 Man Team Event)

2020

1^st place - 10m Air Pistol Olympic Trials, Fort Benning, GA

2019

2^nd place - Pan American Games, Lima, Peru (Rifle)

2^nd place - Pan American Games, Lima, Peru (Pistol)

2018

4^th place - Team Finalist, World Cup USA 4th Place

2015

CMP Double Distinguished Designation, Rifle and Pistol

2014

Bronze Medal (Rifle Men’s Prone), World Cup USA.

Eighth National Shooting Record. Eight-time National Record Holder

2012

U.S. Olympic Games Team Members (Free Pistol)

4-Time Collegiate National Champion

2010

Collegiate National Champion

2008

Collegiate National Champion