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 Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) Gold medal – first place 1995 Vienna 200 m breaststroke Gold medal – first place 1995 Vienna 4×100 m medley Gold medal – first place 1997 Seville 4×100 m medley Silver medal – second place 1997 Seville 200 m breaststroke Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sheffield 200 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) Silver medal – second place 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.