Andrey Prokofyev

Template:Short description Template:Infobox sportsperson Andrey Vassilyevich Prokofyev (Template:Langx; 6 June 1959 – 19 June 1989) was a Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After retiring, he worked as a coach.

Biography

Prokofyev was born in Sverdlovsk, USSR in 1959.

At the Moscow Olympics, Prokofyev was fourth in the 110 m hurdles and won the gold medal running the anchoring leg of the Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> At the 1982 European Championships, Prokofyev won the silver medal in the 110 m hurdles and again a gold in the 4 × 100 m relay. At the first World Championships, Prokofyev was eliminated in the heats of the 110 m hurdles, but won a bronze medal as a member of the Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team.<ref name="Olympedia">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Death

He died on June 19, 1989 in Sverdlovsk, USSR, at the age of 30. The cause of death was suicide.<ref name="Olympedia" />

Achievements

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1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.26 s
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.60 s
			2nd	110 m hurdles	13.46 s
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.41 s
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.28 s

External links

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• World Championships
• Universiade