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Soviet athlete
Andrey Prokofyev
Born 6 June 1959 Died June 19, 1989(1989-06-19) (aged 30)
Andrey Vassilyevich Prokofyev (
Russian : Андрей Васильевич Прокофьев ; 6 June 1959,
Sverdlovsk , USSR – 19 June 1989, Sverdlovsk, USSR) was a
Soviet
athlete , winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m
relay at the
1980 Summer Olympics . After retiring and working as a coach, he committed
suicide by hanging in 1989.
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Biography
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. 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.
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1912 :
David Jacobs ,
Henry Macintosh ,
Victor d'Arcy ,
Willie Applegarth (
GBR )
1920 :
Charley Paddock ,
Jackson Scholz ,
Loren Murchison ,
Morris Kirksey (
USA )
1924 :
Loren Murchison ,
Louis Clarke ,
Frank Hussey ,
Al LeConey (
USA )
1928 :
Frank Wykoff ,
James Quinn ,
Charley Borah ,
Henry Russell (
USA )
1932 :
Bob Kiesel ,
Emmett Toppino ,
Hector Dyer ,
Frank Wykoff (
USA )
1936 :
Jesse Owens ,
Ralph Metcalfe ,
Foy Draper ,
Frank Wykoff (
USA )
1948 :
Barney Ewell ,
Lorenzo Wright ,
Harrison Dillard ,
Mel Patton (
USA )
1952 :
Dean Smith ,
Harrison Dillard ,
Lindy Remigino ,
Andy Stanfield (
USA )
1956 :
Ira Murchison ,
Leamon King ,
Thane Baker ,
Bobby Morrow (
USA )
1960 :
Bernd Cullmann ,
Armin Hary ,
Walter Mahlendorf ,
Martin Lauer (
EUA )
1964 :
Paul Drayton ,
Gerry Ashworth ,
Richard Stebbins ,
Bob Hayes (
USA )
1968 :
Charles Greene ,
Mel Pender ,
Ronnie Ray Smith ,
Jim Hines (
USA )
1972 :
Larry Black ,
Robert Taylor ,
Gerald Tinker ,
Eddie Hart (
USA )
1976 :
Harvey Glance ,
Lam Jones ,
Millard Hampton ,
Steve Riddick (
USA )
1980 :
Vladimir Muravyov ,
Nikolay Sidorov ,
Aleksandr Aksinin ,
Andrey Prokofyev (
URS )
1984 :
Sam Graddy ,
Ron Brown ,
Calvin Smith ,
Carl Lewis (
USA )
1988 :
Viktor Bryzhin ,
Vladimir Krylov ,
Vladimir Muravyov ,
Vitaliy Savin (
URS )
1992 :
Michael Marsh ,
Leroy Burrell ,
Dennis Mitchell ,
Carl Lewis ,
James Jett (
USA )
1996 :
Robert Esmie ,
Glenroy Gilbert ,
Bruny Surin ,
Donovan Bailey ,
Carlton Chambers (
CAN )
2000 :
Jon Drummond ,
Bernard Williams ,
Brian Lewis ,
Maurice Greene ,
Tim Montgomery ,
Kenny Brokenburr (
USA )
2004 :
Jason Gardener ,
Darren Campbell ,
Marlon Devonish ,
Mark Lewis-Francis (
GBR )
2008 :
Keston Bledman ,
Marc Burns ,
Emmanuel Callender ,
Richard Thompson ,
Aaron Armstrong (
TTO )
2012 :
Nesta Carter ,
Michael Frater ,
Yohan Blake ,
Usain Bolt ,
Bailey-Cole (
JAM )
2016 :
Asafa Powell ,
Yohan Blake ,
Nickel Ashmeade ,
Usain Bolt ,
Jevaughn Minzie ,
Kemar Bailey-Cole (
JAM )
2020 :
Lorenzo Patta ,
Marcell Jacobs ,
Fausto Desalu ,
Filippo Tortu (
ITA )
1934 :
Germany (
Schein ,
Gillmeister ,
Hornberger ,
Borchmeyer )
1938 :
Germany (
Kersch ,
Hornberger ,
Neckermann ,
Scheuring )
1946 :
Sweden (
Danielsson ,
Nilsson ,
Laessker ,
Håkansson )
1950 :
Soviet Union (
Sukharev ,
Kalyayev ,
Sanadze ,
Karakulov )
1954 :
Hungary (
Zarándi ,
Varasdi ,
Csányi ,
Goldoványi )
1958 :
West Germany (
Mahlendorf ,
Hary ,
Fütterer ,
Germar )
1962 :
West Germany (
Ulonska ,
Gamper ,
Bender ,
Germar )
1966 :
France (
Berger ,
Delecour ,
Piquemal ,
Bambuck )
1969 :
France (
Sarteur ,
Bourbeillon ,
Fenouil ,
St.-Gilles )
1971 :
Czechoslovakia (
Kříž ,
Demeč ,
Kynos ,
Bohman )
1974 :
France (
Sainte-Rose ,
Arame ,
Cherrier ,
Chauvelot )
1978 :
Poland (
Nowosz ,
Licznerski ,
Dunecki ,
Woronin )
1982 :
Soviet Union (
Sokolov ,
Aksinin ,
Prokofyev ,
Sidorov )
1986 :
Soviet Union (
Yevgenyev ,
Yuschmanov ,
Muravyov ,
Bryzhin )
1990 :
France (
Morinière ,
Sangouma ,
Trouabal ,
Marie-Rose )
1994 :
France (
Lomba ,
Perrot ,
Trouabal ,
Sangouma )
1998 :
Great Britain (
Condon ,
Campbell ,
Walker ,
Golding )
2002 :
Ukraine (
Vasyukov ,
Rurak ,
Dovhal ,
Kaydash )
2006 :
Great Britain (
Chambers ,
Campbell ,
Devonish ,
Lewis-Francis )
2010 :
France (
Vicaut ,
Lemaitre ,
Pessonneaux ,
Mbandjock )
2012 :
Netherlands (
Mariano ,
Martina ,
Codrington ,
van Luijk )
2014 :
Great Britain (
Gemili ,
Kilty ,
Aikines-Aryeetey ,
Ellington )
2016 :
Great Britain (
Dasaolu ,
Gemili ,
Ellington ,
Ujah )
2018 :
Great Britain (
Ujah ,
Hughes ,
Gemili ,
Aikines-Aryeetey )
2022 :
Great Britain (
Azu ,
Hughes ,
Efoloko ,
Mitchell-Blake )