Fyodor Fyodorovich Bogdanovsky

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Fyodor Fjodorowitsch Bogdanowski ( Russian Фёдор Фёдорович Богдановский ; born April 16, 1930 in Schetejewo, Tver Oblast ; † October 2, 2014 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Fyodor Bogdanowski started lifting weights at the age of 18. At first he started at regional featherweight championships, but soon grew into the lightweight. As a 19-year-old lightweight, he managed 275 kg in the Olympic three-way battle (OD) in 1949. At that time he was working as a chauffeur in a glassworks. In 1950 he was drafted into the military and transferred to Moscow . There he came into the hands of the trainer Nikolai Krylov, who quickly brought him to the front. In 1952 he started at the championships of the Soviet Army in Odessa and won there with 365 kg in the middleweight division. In 1954 he made his first trip abroad with the Soviet national team to Lebanon and Egypt . In Cairo he achieved 395 kg in the OD and was one of the world's top middleweight athletes.

From 1954 he was the Soviet starter at the Olympic Games and World Championships in this weight class for many years. The Americans Peter George and Thomas Kono were his toughest opponents during this time. His greatest sporting success was the Olympic gold medal in Melbourne in 1956 , when he finally managed to beat Peter George. From 1959 he became a rival in his own country with Alexander Kurynow , who ousted him from the national team in 1960. After finishing his career as an active weightlifter, Fyodor Bogdanowski devoted himself to the training of Leningrad . One of his master students was Pavel Pervuschin .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Wed = middleweight, Ls = light heavyweight)

  • 1954, 2nd place , World Championship in Vienna , Wed, with 402.5 kg, behind Peter George , USA , 405 kg and in front of Stanley Stanczyk , USA, 390 kg;
  • 1955, 2nd place , World Championships in Munich , Wed, with 405 kg, behind George, 405 kg and in front of Ingemar Franzen, Sweden , 372.5 kg;
  • 1956, gold medal , OS in Melbourne , with 420 kg, ahead of George, 412.5 kg and Ermanno Pignatti , Italy , 382.5 kg;
  • 1957, 2nd place , World Championships in Tehran , Wed, with 420 kg, behind Thomas Kono , USA, 420 kg and in front of Jan Bochenek , Poland , 395 kg;
  • 1958, 2nd place , Grand Prix of Moscow , with 412.5 kg, behind Kono, 417.5 kg and in front of Alexander Kurynow , USSR, 400 kg;
  • 1958, 2nd place , World Championships in Stockholm , Wed, with 422.5 kg, behind Kono, 430 kg and in front of Marcel Paterni , France, 395 kg;
  • 1959, 1st place , Championship of the Eastern Armies in Leipzig , Wed, with 425 kg, ahead of Bochenek, 382.5 kg;
  • 1959, 2nd place , World Cup in Warsaw , Wed, with 417.5 kg, behind Kono, 425 kg and in front of Bochenek, 392.5 kg.

USSR championships

  • 1954, 2nd place, Wed, with 380 kg;
  • 1955, 2nd place, Wed, with 402.5 kg, behind Yuri Duganow , 407.5 kg,
  • 1956, 1st place, Wed, with 415 kg, in front of Rabcev, 395 kg and Mustafa Jagly-Ogly , 390 kg,
  • 1957, 1st place, Wed, with 420 kg, ahead of Jagli-Ogli, 400 kg and Ljach, 395 kg,
  • 1958, 1st place, Wed, with 417.5 kg, in front of Kurynow, 407.5 kg and Plaksjuk, 405 kg,
  • 1959, 1st place, Wed, with 417.5 kg, in front of Kurynow, 405 kg and Malakin, 400 kg
  • 1960, 2nd place, Wed, with 420 kg, behind Kurynow, 420 kg and in front of Surzan, 402.5 kg,
  • 1961, 2nd place, Ls, with 440 kg, behind Rudolf Plukfelder , 462.5 kg, in front of Rastscheschkin, 435 kg,
  • 1962, 3rd place, Ls, with 435 kg, behind Plukfelder, 450 kg and Rastscheschkin, 440 kg,
  • 1963, 2nd place, Ls, with 452.5 kg;
  • 1965, 6th place, Ls, with 435 kg, winner Kidjajew, 470 kg before Schichow, 450 kg.

World records

(all middleweight)

when pressing with both arms:

  • 134 kg, 1956 in Moscow,
  • 135 kg, 1957 in Leningrad ,
  • 135.5 kg, 1957 in Lemberg ,
  • 136 kg, 1958 in Leningrad,
  • 139 kg, 1958 in Kiev ,
  • 140.5, 1960 in Leningrad,
  • 141.5, 1960 in Riga .

in the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 415, 1956 in Moscow,
  • 417.5 kg, 1956 in Leningrad,
  • 420, 1956 in Melbourne,
  • 422.5 kg, 1957 in Leningrad,
  • 425 kg, 1957 in Lemberg,
  • 430 kg, 1958 in Kiev,
  • 432.5 kg, 1960 in Leningrad.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Олимпийский чемпион по тяжелой атлетике Богдановский скончался в Петербурге на 85-м году жизнru, October 3, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Bogdanowski, Fyodor Fyodorowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Богдановский, Фёдор Фёдорович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Schetejewo, Tver Oblast
DATE OF DEATH 2nd October 2014
Place of death St. Petersburg