Andrey Yevgenyevich Dunayev (; 14 May 1949 – 9 December 2015) is a retired Russian swimmer who won the silver medal in 400 m medley at the

1966 European Aquatics Championships The 1966 European Aquatics Championships were held in Utrecht, Netherlands from 20 to 27 August 1966. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Women's events Swimming ...

. Next year he set a new European record, and in 1968 a new

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizatio ...

in the same event, but finished only seventh at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

. Between 1964 and 1968 he won 10 national titles and set 9 national records in the 200 m and 400 m medley and 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events. In the 1990s, he also won national titles in the masters category.

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1949 births Russian male medley swimmers Living people Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Soviet male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub

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