Pavel Andreyev (''

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: Павел Андреев''; also known as Pavel Andreev, born April 20, 1970) is a

middle-distance and

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who has won multiple US and

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road races including the

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, St. Petersburg White Nights and Grandma’s

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. He was also the silver medal winner in the 1997

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. In 1995 and 1996, Andreyev ran dozens of road races in

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. In 1995, he took home a large cup trophy after running a 1:03:49 for third place in the

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. It was 1997 when Andreyev lined up for his first marathon. At the

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Marathon, he finished sixth in 2:14:10 as his Russian peer, Dmitry Kapitonov, took first. The following year, Andreyev was second at the

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Marathon, clocking 2:12:21. His race earned him more than $5,000 as well as the title of Master of Sports of International Class (

: мастер спорта СССР международного класса), an athletic honor bestowed by the

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. In 1999, he won the

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with a time of 2:14:52. In 2000, Andreyev traveled to

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, for the

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. He bested the competition on way to a first place win. In 2002, he was back and ran a personal best time in the marathon race (2:11:20) to finish in second place behind

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, who won with the third-fasted time in the history of the race (only bettered by

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and

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). His time was among the world’s fastest that year. At the World Athletics Gold-labeled

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in 2003, Andreyev tailed

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for most of the race and hung on to finish fourth. A big win on US soil came in 2005, when he outran more than 10,000 runners to win the Dallas Marathon in 2:15:24. He was the only non-

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in the top 11. He won the 2007

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, in 2:16:26, after running ahead of contenders Aleksy Veselov and Vladimir Ponomaryov. In prior years, the race had started at 11 p.m. and continued on through the middle of the night—though in St. Petersburg’s June nights, the sun is still over the horizon, so the finishers arrive while it is still daylight. However, by 2007, the race management shifted the start to a regular morning hour. In 2008, Andreyev returned and battled the entire race with Andrey Bryzgalov. As they approached the final stretch, they ran together and tied for the win, crossed the finish line while holding hands. Andreyev continued to win road races in his late 30s.

Personal life

Born to an artist father and a musician mother in Zelenodolsk,

, Andreyev entered the world of running through the military. He enrolled at the F. Dzerzhinskiy Higher Naval Engineering School in

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, and joined a sports club. State leaders saw promise in his abilities and effort, and he competed at the national Junior level, launching his career. Later in life (by 2017, after his competitive running career was complete), Andreyev coached other runners.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andreyev, Pavel Living people 1970 births Russian male marathon runners Russian male long-distance runners Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR People from Zelenodolsk, Russia