Olympic Competitor nr 3797
Born: April 8, 1882 in Kikinda, Severni Banat, Serbia
Olympic Competitor nr 6586
(*) roster not known
Born in (the Hungarian-speaking part of) present-day Serbia, he represented Austria in 1912. He represented Hungary in 1928, and his daughter competed for Hungary, so I class him as Hungarian.
B. 1931-01-01, Leningrad (now St-Petersburg), Russia
Shooting (2 gold)
| 1952 | 1956 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Rifle, three positions | gold | 9600 | |
| Small-bore Rifle, three positions | gold | 6400 | |
| Small-bore Rifle, prone | 29th | 0.016 | |
| 16000.02 |
The first Olympic Champion for the Soviet Union.
He was a foundling, found on a train to Leningrad in 1931. He was given a
birthdate of 1/1 and the name Bogdanov (God-given). During WW2, aged 12,
he was surrounded in Leningrad. He succeeded in breaking through the
lines and became signalman on a warship.
At Melbourne, he had an equal total of 1172/1200 but he had a better prone
score.
Olympic Competitor nr 6096
Olympic Competitor nr 2975
Belarus
Gymnastics (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Combined | bronze | fifth | 14th | 3576 |
| Team Combined | gold | gold | sixth | 5040 |
| Vaults | gold | fourth | fifth | 2812.5 |
| Beam | fifth | - | - | 250 |
| Parallel Bars | fifth | fifth | - | 500 |
| Floor | silver | - | - | 1000 |
| 13178.5 |
On the Soviet team in 1988, the Unified team in 1992, the Belarus team in 1996.
Written 2000-12-02 - last modified 2011-08-12
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