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Born | Krasnoye, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 1 August 1939||||||||||||||
Died | 21 April 2016 Lviv, Ukraine | (aged 76)||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Lviv (1956–1963)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gennady Ivanovich Androsov (Russian: Геннадий Иванович Андросов; 1 August 1939 – 21 March 2016) was a Ukrainian swimmer.[2] He won a gold medal in the individual 400 m medley at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships, and set a world record in the same event in 1957.[1] In the 1500 m freestyle discipline, he won a bronze medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships[3] and competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.[4] He was a national champion in the 400 m (1961), 1500 m (1956, 1960) and 4×200 m freestyle (1961) and 400 m medley (1962, 1963) events.[1]