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Full name | Андрей Корнеев | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Omsk, Russian SFSR |
10 January 1974||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 May 2014 Moscow, Russian Federation |
(aged 40)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Central Sport Klub Army, Moscow-Omsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.