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 | (1974-01-10)10 January 1974 Omsk, Russian SFSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 May 2014(2014-05-02) (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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Korneyev died on 2 May 2014 of cancer in Moscow at the age of 40.[1]
European Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke | |
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European champions in men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | |
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