Grigori Panteleimonov (, 17 December 1885 – 31 October 1934) was a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

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who competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

. He was born in Balta, now in Ukraine. He was part of the Russian 30 metre military pistol team, which won the silver medal. He also competed in the 30 metre rapid fire pistol event finishing 14th and in the

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finishing 17th.

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Biography of Grigori Panteleimonov
* 1885 births 1934 deaths People from Balta, Ukraine Male sport shooters from the Russian Empire Ukrainian male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the Russian Empire Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Odesa Oblast Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-sportshooting-bio-stub