Andrey Korneyev
Andrey Korneyev (Russian: Андрей Корнеев; 10 January 1974 – 2 May 2014) was a breaststroke swimmer from Russia, who won the bronze medal in the men's 200 m breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. A year earlier he captured the gold medal in the same event at the 1995 European Championships in Vienna, Austria.
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| Full name | Андрей Корнеев | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 January 1974 Omsk, Russian SFSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 May 2014 (aged 40) Moscow, Russian Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Central Sport Klub Army, Moscow-Omsk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Korneyev died on 2 May 2014 of cancer in Moscow at the age of 40.[1]
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrey Korneyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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