Fyodor Bogdanovsky
Fyodor Fyodorovich Bogdanowski (Russian Фёдор Фёдорович Богдановский; born April 16, 1930) is a former Soviet weightlifter.
Career
Fyodor Bogdanowski comes from the small town Wyschny Wolotschok in Ukraine. He began at age 18 with the weight lifting. First, he started at regional championships at featherweight, but soon grew into the lightweight. As a 19 -year-old lightweight he made in 1949 275 kg in the Olympic triathlon (OD ). At that time, he worked as a chauffeur in a glass factory. In 1950 he was drafted into the army and transferred to Moscow. There he came into the hands of the coach Nikolai Krylov, who brought him quickly to the front. In 1952 he competed in the championships of the Soviet Army in Odessa, where she won with 365 kg in the middleweight division. 1954 brought him his first trip abroad with the Soviet national team to Lebanon and Egypt. In Cairo, he scored it in the OD 395 kg, making it one the world's best middleweight.
From 1954, he was then for many years the Soviet starter at the Olympics and World Championships in this weight class. The Americans Peter George and Thomas Kono were his toughest opponent at that time. His greatest athletic achievement was the Olympic gold medal in Melbourne in 1956, when he finally managed a victory over Peter George. In 1959 it grew by Alexander Kurynow a rival in their own country, in 1960 ousted him from the national team. After ending his career as an active weightlifter to Fyodor Bogdanowski dedicated coaching positions in Leningrad. One of his students was Master Pawel Perwuschin.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Mi = middleweight, light heavyweight Ls = )
USSR Championships
World Records
(all in the middleweight)
In beidarmigen Press:
In Olympic triathlon:
- 415, 1956 in Moscow,
- 417.5 kg, 1956 in Leningrad,
- 420, 1956 in Melbourne,
- 422.5 kg, 1957 in Leningrad,
- 425 kg, 1957 in Lviv,
- 430 kg, 1958 in Kiev,
- 432.5 kg, 1960 in Leningrad.