Aleksandr Kornelyuk
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Aleksandr Olegovich Kornelyuk ' onMouseout='HidePop("61615")' href="/topics/Baku">Baku
) was a Soviet
athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow
.
Kornelyuk began athletics in 1963 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1970. He competed for the USSR
in the 1972 Summer Olympics
held in Munich
, Germany
in the 4 x 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.
Baku
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) was a Soviet
Soviet Union
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athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow
Moscow
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Kornelyuk began athletics in 1963 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1970. He competed for the USSR
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
in the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
held in Munich
Munich
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, Germany
Germany
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in the 4 x 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
1972 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
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behind his teammate Borzov.
In 1972 Kornelyuk was awarded the Medal For Labour Heroism.