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Encyclopedia > Andrey Prokofyev

Andrey Vassilyevich Prokofyev (Андрей Васильевич Прокофьев) (born June 6, 1959-died June 19, 1989) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.


At the Moscow Olympics, Andrey Prokofyev was fourth in the 110 m hurdles and won the gold medal running the anchoring leg of the Soviet 4x100 m relay team. At the 1982 European Championships, Prokofyev won the silver medal in the 110 m hurdles and again a gold in the 4x100 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 4x100 m relay team.


Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x100 m relay


1912 Great Britain David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy & William Applegarth
1920 United States Charlie Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison & Morris Kirksey
1924 United States Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey & Alfred LeConey
1928 United States Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charles Borah & Henry Russell
1932 United States Robert Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer & Frank Wykoff
1936 United States Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper & Frank Wykoff
1948 United States Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard & Mel Patton
1952 United States Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino & Andy Stanfield
1956 United States Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker & Bobby Joe Morrow
1960 United team of Germany Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf & Martin Lauer
1964 United States Otis Drayton, Gerald Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes
1968 United States Charles Greene, Melvin Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith & Jim Hines
1972 United States Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker & Edward Hart
1976 United States Harvey Glance, John Wesley Jones, Millard Hampton & Steven Riddick
1980 Soviet Union Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin & Andrey Prokofyev
1984 United States Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith & Carl Lewis
1988 Soviet Union Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov & Vitaly Savin
1992 United States Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell & Carl Lewis
1996 Canada Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin & Donovan Bailey
2000 United States Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis & Maurice Greene
2004 Great Britain Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis




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Andrey Prokofyev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (404 words)
Andrey Vassilyevich Prokofyev (Russian: Андрей Васильевич Прокофьев) (June 6, 1959 - June 19, 1989) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
At the Moscow Olympics, Andrey Prokofyev was fourth in the 110 m hurdles and won the gold medal running the anchoring leg of the Soviet 4x100 m relay team.
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 4x100 m relay team.
Violinist, conductor, teacher of music ALEXANDER SPIVAK (400 words)
He is the author of the works (the articles, books, publications) in the field of performance mastery and violin methodology.
He is also the author of the dissertation on Sergey Prokofyev's creativity.
His masters were Yury Yankelevich, Felix Andriyevsky, Andrey Korsakov, Leonid Kogan.
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