Andrey Korneyev

Andrey Korneyev

Personal information
Full name	Андрей Корнеев
Nationality	Russia
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)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Central Sport Klub Army, Moscow-Omsk
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Russia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) 1995 Vienna 200 m breaststroke 1995 Vienna 4×100 m medley 1997 Seville 4×100 m medley 1997 Seville 200 m breaststroke 1993 Sheffield 200 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) 1997 Göteborg 200 m breaststroke

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.

Korneyev died on 2 May 2014 of cancer in Moscow at the age of 40.^[1]

References

1. "Russian Olympic swimming bronze medallist Korneyev dies aged 40". Insidethegames.biz. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

Other sources

• 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.