Bogdan Vitalyevich Pishchalnikov (russian: Богдан Витальевич Пищалников; (born 26 August 1982) is a Russian

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er. He is the brother of

Darya Pishchalnikova Darya Vitalyevna Pishchalnikova (russian: Дарья Витальевна Пищальникова, born 19 July 1985 in Astrakhan) is a female discus thrower from Russia. Pishchalnikova is the sister of Bogdan Pishchalnikov and Kirill Pishchal ...

and Kirill Pishchalnikov. He finished eleventh at the 2003 Universiade and seventh at the

2006 IAAF World Cup The 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event, held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which took place on 16 and 17 September 2006 at the Olympic Stadium in Athe ...

. He also competed at the 2005 World Championships and the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

without qualifying for the final round. His personal best throw is 67.23 metres, achieved in May 2010 in Sochi.

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* * * 1982 births Living people Russian male discus throwers Olympic male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2003 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub