Full name andrei Korneev Name Andrey Korneyev Nationality Russia Role Olympic athlete | Sport Swimming Height 1.90 m Strokes Breaststroke Weight 80 kg | |
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Born 10 January 1974 ( 1974-01-10 ) Omsk, Russian SFSR Club Central Sport Klub Army, Moscow-Omsk Died May 2, 2014, Moscow, Russia Olympic medals Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre 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.
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