Andrey Vassilyevich Prokofyev (; 6 June 1959, Sverdlovsk, USSR – 19 June 1989, Sverdlovsk, USSR) was a Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He committed suicide by hanging in 1989. Biography At the Moscow Olympics, Prokofyev was fourth in the 110 m hurdles and won the gold medal running the anchoring leg of the Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team. At the 1982 European Championships, Prokofyev won the silver medal in the 110 m hurdles and again a gold in the 4 × 100 m relay. At the first World Championships, Prokofyev was eliminated in the heats of the 110 m hurdles, but won a bronze medal as a member of the Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team. Achievements References External links World Championships Universiade 1959 births Soviet male hurdlers Soviet male sprinters Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union 1989 suicides World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Suicides by hanging in the Soviet Union 1989 deaths Ural State Law University alumni