Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov (russian: Анатолий Иванович Богданов; 1 January 1931 – 30 September 2001) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such a ...

and Olympic champion. He was born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. He won a gold medal in the 300 m rifle 3 pos at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

, as his teammate

Lev Vainshtein Lev Matveyevich Vainshtein (also "Vaynshteyn" and "Lew Weinstein"; 12 March 1916 – 25 December 2004) was a Soviet world champion and Olympic bronze medalist in shooting. Early life Weinstein was born into a Jewish family from Yekaterinbur ...

won the bronze medal."1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Shooting"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 10 October 2008) He won a gold medal in the 50 m rifle 3 pos at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

."1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Shooting"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 10 October 2008) He died on 30 September 2001.

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* 1931 births 2001 deaths Soviet male sport shooters Russian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters of the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{USSR-sportshooting-bio-stub