Boris Vasilyevich Andreyev (Russian: Борис Васильевич Андреев; 21 January 1906 – 9 March 1987) was a Soviet shooter. He won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics, aged 46, in the 50 metre rifle prone and 50 metre rifle three positions, respectively.[1] In the former event, both he and Iosif Sîrbu broke the world record by executing 40 ideal 10-point shots, but Sîrbu outscored Andreyev 33:28 by the number of hits into the central area of the 10-point black circle.[2]
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| Born | 21 January 1906 Moscow, Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 March 1987 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow (1929–1932) Spartak Moscow (1940–1945) CSKA Moscow (1945–1956) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andreev won national titles in 1929, 1930, 1933, 1946–1948 and 1951–1953. He graduated from a military academy of chemical defense and held a rank of lieutenant colonel. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner and Order of the Red Star.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Boris Andreyev. sports-reference.com
- ^ Shooting at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres. sports-reference.com
- ^ АНДРЕЕВ Борис Васильевич (СССР). sportbiography.ru
- ^ С эмблемой ЦСКА (книга). shooting-ua.com
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