Aleksandr Kornelyuk
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Athletics | ||
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1972 Munich | 4 × 100 metre relay |
Aleksandr Olegovich Kornelyuk (Russian: Александр Олегович Корнелюк; born 28 June 1950 in Baku[1]) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.[2]
Kornelyuk began athletics in 1963 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1970.[1] He competed for the USSR in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 × 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs and Valeriy Borzov. Kornelyuk also won a 50 m silver medal at the 1972 European Indoor Championships behind his teammate Borzov.
In 1972 Kornelyuk was awarded the Medal For Labour Heroism.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. p. 118.
- ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 388.
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