Pavel Vladimirovich Andreev ( uz, Павел Владимирович Андреев; born November 24, 1978 in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

) is an

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

i decathlete. He is a two-time Olympian and a three-time medalist for the decathlon at the

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. Andreev made his official debut for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, where he did not finish the men's decathlon event for failing to attain a mark in the long jump. At the

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, Andreev competed for the second time in the men's decathlon, along with his compatriot

Vitaliy Smirnov Vitaly Frilyevich Smirnov (born 25 October 1978 in Yekaterinburg) is a Russian-Uzbekistani decathlete. He finished tenth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, won the gold medal at the 2003 Asian Championships in Manila in a personal best s ...

. He suffered another setback again for this event, as he pulled himself up in the second heat of the

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, and ultimately, did not finish the race.

References

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1978 births Living people Athletes from Tashkent Uzbekistani decathletes Uzbekistani male athletes Olympic athletes for Uzbekistan Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Uzbekistani people {{Uzbekistan-athletics-bio-stub