Andrey Perlov

Personal information
Full name	Andrey Borisovich Perlov
Born	(1961-12-12) 12 December 1961 (age 62) Novosibirsk, Soviet Union
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Medal record Men’s athletics Representing the  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 50 km walk Representing  Soviet Union World Championships 1991 Tokyo 50 km walk European Championships 1990 Split 50 km walk World Race Walking Cup 1985 St John's 50 km walk 1989 L'Hospitalet 50 km walk

Andrey Borisovich Perlov (Russian: Андрей Борисович Перлов, born 12 December 1961 in Novosibirsk, Soviet Union) is a retired race walker who represented the USSR and later Russia.

Education

In 1986, he graduated as a hydraulic engineer from the Novosibirsk Institute of Water Transport Engineers. Perlov started racewalking under coach V. I. Shvetsov in 1975. Since 1987, he was trained by V. B. Dorovskikh from Leningrad.^[1]

Career

Perlov won the gold medal over 50 kilometres at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He also won the 1990 European Championships as well as silver medals at the 1991 World Championships and the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 1985 and 1989.

At the 1991 World Championships, Perlov and his teammate Aleksandr Potashov attempted to cross the goal line simultaneously, resulting in a shared gold medal, but the officials declared Potashov the winner by 0.01 second.

Perlov's personal best time is 3:37:41 in the 50 kilometres, which places him 16th in the all-time performers list.^[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st	50 km	3:43:06
1985	World Race Walking Cup	St John's, Isle of Man	2nd	50 km	3:49:23
1987	World Race Walking Cup	New York City, United States	6th	50 km	3:45:09
1989	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	2nd	50 km	3:44:12
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	50 km	3:54:36
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	50 km	3:53:09
Representing  Unified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	50 km	3:50:13