Gennady Androsov
Appearance
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Born | Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 1 August 1939||||||||||||||
Died | 21 April 2016 Lviv, Ukraine | (aged 76)||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Lviv (1956–1963)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gennady Ivanovich Andropov (Russian: Геннадий Иванович Андросов; 1 August 1939 – 21 March 2016) was a Ukrainian swimmer.[2] He won a gold medal in the individual 400 m medley at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships, and set a world record in the same event in 1957.[1] In the 1500 m freestyle discipline, he won a bronze medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships[3] and competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.[4] He was a national champion in the 400 m (1961), 1500 m (1956, 1960) and 4×200 m freestyle (1961) and 400 m medley (1962, 1963) events.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. Olma Media Group. p. 205. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
- ^ "Ушел из жизни легендарный украинский пловец Геннадий Андросов Читайте більше тут". ZIK.ua (in Russian). 22 March 2016.
- ^ Gennadiy ANDROSOV. sportuitslagen.org
- ^ Gennady Androsov Archived August 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
Categories:
- 1939 births
- 2016 deaths
- Sportspeople from Novosibirsk
- Sportspeople from Lviv
- Soviet male swimmers
- Ukrainian male swimmers
- Male medley swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Ukrainian swimming biography stubs