Nick Mowrer

{{Short description|American sport shooter (born 1988)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2018}}

{{Update|date=March 2024|reason=2020 Olympics happened.}}{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Nick Mowrer

| image = Nick Mowrer.jpg

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| caption = Sgt Mowrer in 2017

| fullname = Nickolaus Mowrer

| nickname =

| nationality = American

| residence = Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|9|14}}

| birth_place = Miles City, Montana, U.S.

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| height = 6 ft 2 in

| weight = 187 lb

| website =

| country = United States

| sport = Shooting

| event = 10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)

| club = U.S. Olympic Training Center
U.S. Army WCAP

| coach = Sergey Luzov

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Lima|10 m air pistol}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Lima|Mixed 10 m air pistol}}

{{Medal|B|2023 Santiago|Mixed 10 m air pistol}}

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Nickolaus Mowrer (born September 14, 1988, in Miles City, Montana) is an American sport shooter.{{cite web|title=Nick Mowrer|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mowrer-nickolaus-1131369/|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=February 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529022727/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mowrer-nickolaus-1131369/|archivedate=May 29, 2013|df=mdy-all}}{{cite sports-reference|title = Nick Mowrer|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/nick-mowrer-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123529/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/nick-mowrer-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 18, 2020|access-date = February 10, 2013}}{{Cite web|title=Nick Mowrer|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-shooting/athletes/Nick-Mowrer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228205733/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-shooting/athletes/Nick-Mowrer|archive-date=December 28, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=June 17, 2021|website=Team USA}} 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.{{cite news|last=Jillson|first=Kyle|title=Montana NRA Pistol champion makes Olympics|url=http://www.nrablog.com/post/2012/06/07/Montana-NRA-Pistol-champion-makes-Olympics.aspx|publisher=NRA Blog|date=June 7, 2012|accessdate=February 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712024910/http://www.nrablog.com/post/2012/06/07/Montana-NRA-Pistol-champion-makes-Olympics.aspx|archive-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Eamon|first=Sean|title=Mowrer claims national title|url=http://mtstandard.com/sports/olympics/mowrer-claims-national-title/article_1e8b0610-cade-11e0-99da-001cc4c002e0.html|publisher=The Montana Standard|date=August 19, 2011|accessdate=February 10, 2013}} 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).{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Nick Mowrer|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHUSAM1409198801|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=February 10, 2013}}

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.{{cite news|last=Eamon|first=Sean|title=Mowrer makes Olympics team|url=http://mtstandard.com/sports/olympics/mowrer-makes-olympics-team/article_4c77216e-ad3a-11e1-b614-001a4bcf887a.html|publisher=The Montana Standard|date=June 3, 2012|accessdate=February 10, 2013}}{{cite news|title=Szarenski and Mowrer to Represent the USA in Men's 50m Free Pistol in London|url=http://www.usashooting.org/news/2012/6/2/252-szarenski-and-mowrer-to-represent-the-usa-in-mens-50m-free-pistol-in-london|publisher=USA Shooting|date=June 2, 2012|accessdate=February 10, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|title=Men's 50m Pistol Qualification|url=http://www.london2012.com/shooting/event/men-50m-pistol/phase=shm201900/index.html|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=February 10, 2013|archive-date=April 11, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411082251/http://www.london2012.com/shooting/event/men-50m-pistol/phase=shm201900/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Butte's Mowrer Just Misses Olympic Finals|url=http://www.kxlf.com/news/butte-s-mowrer-just-misses-olympic-finals/|publisher=KXLF-TV|date=August 5, 2012|accessdate=February 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411053559/http://www.kxlf.com/news/butte-s-mowrer-just-misses-olympic-finals/|archivedate=April 11, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

He has qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|title=USA Shooting rounds out Tokyo Olympic team roster {{!}} NBC Olympics|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/usa-shooting-rounds-out-tokyo-olympic-team-roster|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.nbcolympics.com|language=en}}

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