Aleksandr Kornelyuk

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Silver	1972 Munich	4x100 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 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.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 388.

Records
Preceded by Raimo Vilenm	European Record Holder Men's 100m 10 July 1973 - 10 July 1973	Succeeded by Michael Droese

Persondata
Name	Kornelyuk, Aleksandr
Alternative names	Корнелюк, Александр Олегович
Short description	Soviet sprinter
Date of birth	28 June 1950
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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