Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov (; 1 January 1931 – 30 September 2001) was a

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and Olympic champion.

Biography

Bogdanov was born in

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

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

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, as his teammate Lev Vainshtein 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 the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

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."1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Shooting"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 10 October 2008) Competing at the

1954 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 36th UIT World Shooting Championships was the contemporary name of the ISSF World Shooting Championships in all ISSF shooting events that were held in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1954.

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, Bogdanov won ten gold medals and three bronze medals. 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 for 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 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-sportshooting-bio-stub