Andrei Vladislavovich Smirnov
Andrei Smirnov 
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| Surname: | Andrei Vladislavovich Smirnov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Soviet Union → Russia
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| Society: | St. Petersburg locomotive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | April 11, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Leningrad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death: | 16 October 2019 (age 62) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death: | St. Petersburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrei Wladislawowitsch Smirnow ( Russian Андрей Владиславович Смирнов ; born April 11, 1957 in Leningrad , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ; † October 16, 2019 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Soviet- Russian swimmer and Olympic medalist .
At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal Smirnow won a silver medal (4 × 200 m freestyle ; was used in the preliminary) and a bronze medal (400 m medley) behind Rod Strachan and Tim McKee .
At the World Championships in 1975 in the Colombian city of Cali , he won a silver medal (400 m individual medals) behind András Hargitay and a bronze medal (200 m individual medals); He also took 4th place with Vladimir Bure , Andrei Krylow and Georgi Kulikow with a time of 3: 31.89 (relay 4 × 100 m freestyle). In 1973 he finished 8th (400 m individual medley) at the World Cup in the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade. At the European Championships in Vienna in 1974 , he won a bronze medal (400 m individual medley). At the European Championships in 1977 in the Swedish city of Jönköping , he won a silver medal behind his compatriot Serhij Fessenko (400 m medley) and a silver medal behind András Hargitay from Hungary (200 m medley).
In 1975, 1976 and 1977 (200 m) and 1976 (400 m, 4 × 200 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle) Smirnov was the Soviet champion.
After the end of his career he worked as a swimming trainer. Andrei Smirnov worked from 2007 until his death on October 16, 2019 as the deputy director of a sports school in Kirovskiy Rajon in Saint Petersburg.
Web links
- Andrey Smirnov in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Andrey Smirnov , olympic.org
- Andrei Wladislawowitsch Smirnow in the infosport.ru database (Russian)
- Смирнов Андрей Владиславович , sport-strana.ru (Russian)
- Сильнейшие советские пловцы , swimmingmasters.narod.ru (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrey Smirnov , sports-reference.com
- ↑ Swimming at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's 400 meters Individual Medley , sports-reference.com
- ↑ History, World Championships - Swimming, Men , sport-komplett.de
- ↑ Смирнов Андрей , ussr-swimming.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Смирнов Андрей Владиславович , infosport.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Смирнов Андрей Владиславович , e-champs.com (Russian)
- ↑ Ушел из жизни Андрей Смирнов , russwimming.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Двукратный олимпийский призер Смирнов умер на 63-м году жизни , sport-express.ru , October 17, 2019 (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Smirnow, Andrei Wladislavowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Смирнов, Андрей Владиславович (Russian); Smirnov, Andrey Vladislavovich (English) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet swimmer and Russian swimming coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 2019 |
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg , Russia |