Anatoly Ivanovich Bogdanov

Anatoly Ivanovich Bogdanow ( Russian Анатолий Иванович Богданов ; date of birth set January 1, 1931 in Leningrad ; died September 30, 2001 in Moscow ) was a Soviet sports shooter who was an Olympic champion with both the free rifle and the small-bore rifle .

Life

In 1935, a three-year-old boy was found in a railroad car on the Gatchina-Leningrad line, next to him was a piece of paper with information about himself and the request that the boy be looked after. The boy was dropped off at a collection point for orphans on Kirov Prospect in Leningrad. He was given the name Bogdanov and grew up in a home in Leningrad. During the Second World War , Bogdanov tried to participate in the war. Since the boy was too weak, he was sent home again. After the end of the war he attended a vocational school for energy specialists, where he began shooting. He could train for hours in the school basement.

At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , the internationally completely unknown Anatoli Bogdanow won the competition with the free rifle in the three-position fight at 300 meters with three rings ahead of the Swiss Robert Bürchler .

At the World Championships in 1954, Bogdanow won the title in the three-position fight with the free rifle, as well as in the lying and kneeling position. Vasily Borissow won ahead of Bogdanow only in the standing shooting . The Soviet team with Bogdanow, Borissow and three other shooters won the team ratings. With the small-bore rifle at 50 meters, Bogdanow won the three-position fight as well as the kneeling and standing position and the associated team gold medals. In the prone position, Bogdanow did not receive a medal in the individual standings, the Soviet team received the bronze medal behind the Swedes and the Norwegians.

At the European Championships in 1955 Bogdanow won four team titles with the small-bore rifle, in the individual he received the silver medal in the kneeling position behind the Dane Ole Hviid Jensen . With the free rifle Bogdanow won the three-position fight in the individual and with the team. In the lying position and in the kneeling position he received the silver medal and in the standing position bronze.

In 1956 at the Olympic Games in Melbourne , Bogdanow competed in two disciplines with the small bore rifle. In the lying position, he finished 29th. In the three-position fight he won with the same number of rings before Otakar Hořínek from Czechoslovakia. In 1959 Bogdanow won all four positions at the European Championships with the free rifle.

He then ended his active career, left the army as a first lieutenant and studied philosophy. After graduating, he was a teacher at the Moscow Military College. There he started archery and once won the army championships with this piece of sports equipment.

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .

Web links

• Anatoli Iwanowitsch Bogdanow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

1. ↑ Volker Kluge: Die Chronik II. P. 307, note 243
2. ↑ World championships with the free rifle on sport-komplett.de
3. ↑ World championships with the small bore rifle on sport-komplett.de
4. ↑ European championships with the small bore rifle on sport-komplett.de
5. ↑ European championships with the free rifle on sport-komplett.de
6. ↑ Volker Kluge: Die Chronik II. P. 307, note 243