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Andrey Perlov
Personal information
Full name	Andrey Borisovich Perlov
Born	12 December 1961 (age 63); 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
Representing Soviet Union
World Championships
European Championships
World Race Walking Cup

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Personal life

In March 2024, Perlov became a subject of an investigation into the embezzlement of funds from a football club which he managed as a director and was subsequently taken into custody. While in detention, Perlov was repeatedly offered to sign a contract to serve military duty in the Ukraine, however, he rejected this offer, believing that the case itself was initiated illegally, and using such a method to avoid prosecution would have served as an admission of guilt for a crime he did not commit.^[4]^[5]^[1]

As the BBC notes, "Perlov has been detained for over six months, and his family says he is being pressured to fight in Ukraine, with the promise that the embezzlement charges would be frozen and possibly dropped after the war. Under the latest laws, prosecution and defense lawyers are now required to inform those charged with most crimes that they have the option to go to war instead of facing court".^[1]

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ivshina, Olga (2024-10-24). "Russians accused of crimes offered choice - go to war instead of court". BBC. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
^ Ламин В. А. (2003). Энциклопедия. Новосибирск. Новосибирск: Новосибирское книжное издательство. p. 671. ISBN 5-7620-0968-8.
^ IAAF (19 September 2021). "50 Kilometres Race Walk men". Retrieved 19 September 2021 – via IAAF.
^ Vitchenko, Ivan (2024-03-29). "Novosibirsk court arrests Olympic champion in fraud case". RBC.
^ Voronov, Konstantin (2024-03-07). "Olympic Reserve for SVO: In Novosibirsk, a case is being investigated against Olympic champion Andrei Perlov". Kommersant.

External links

Andrey Perlov at World Athletics

Bibliography

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrey Perlov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

Records
Preceded by Mikhail Shchennikov	Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder 26 May 1990 – 16 September 1990	Succeeded by Pavol Blažek
Preceded by Ronald Weigel	Men's 50km Walk World Record Holder 5 August 1989 – 21 May 2000	Succeeded by Valeriy Spitsyn