Andrey Prokofyev
Andrei Vasilyevich Prokofiev (Russian: Андрей Васильевич Прокофьев, English transcription Andrey Prokofyev, . Born June 6, 1959 in Sverdlovsk, † 19 June 1989), was a Soviet hurdler and sprinter.
Prokofiev was in 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1986, Soviet champion in 110- meter hurdles. In 1982 he also won the 100 -meter run. 1979 and 1983 Prokofiev won the hurdles at the Universiade.
At the Olympic Games in 1980, the hurdler from the United States were due to the Olympic boycott not at the start. Andrei Prokofiev s was fourth in the 110m hurdles, 0.05 s behind bronze in 13.49. In the 4 x 100 - meter relay, the Soviet team in the statement Vladimir Murawjow, Nikolai Sidorov, Alexander Aksinin and Prokofiev won gold in 38.26 s against Poland, France, Great Britain and the GDR.
The European Athletics Championships 1982 in Athens Prokofiev won silver in 13.46 seconds behind Thomas Munkelt from the GDR in 13.41 seconds. The relay in the cast Sergei Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofiev and Sidorov won the European title in 38.60 s 38.71 s before the time with the same team from the GDR (Silver) and from Germany (bronze).
At the World Athletics Championships 1983 in Helsinki Sidorov eliminated in the 110- meter hurdles semifinals. The Soviet squadron in the occupation of Prokofiev, Sidorov, Murawjow and Viktor Bryshin won bronze in 38.41 s behind Italy ( silver in 38.37 ) and the relay from the U.S., which ran s world record of 37.86.
Andrei Prokofiev was 1.87 m tall and weighed 83 kg.