Andrey Plotnikov

{{short description|Russian race walker}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1998 European Athletics Championships|1998 Budapest]]|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Andrey Plotnikov''' (Russian: ''Андрей Плотников'', born 12 August 1967) is a Russian [[race walking|race walker]], who won the bronze medal in the 50 km race at the [[1998 European Championships in Athletics|1998 European Championships]]. He represented his native country at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing the {{URS}} |- |1990 |[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Split, Croatia|Split]], Yugoslavia | — |50 km |[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|DQ]] |- |1991 |[[1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[San Jose, California|San Jose]], United States |16th |20 km |1:22:29 |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{RUS}} |- |1993 |[[1993 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Monterrey]], Mexico |35th |50 km |4:14:45 |- |1994 |[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Helsinki]], Finland |8th |50 km |[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|3:47:43]] |- |1995 |[[1995 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Beijing]], China |29th |50 km |4:02:09 |- |1997 |[[1997 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Poděbrady]], Czech Republic |10th |50 km |3:48:35 |- |1998 |[[1998 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Budapest]], Hungary |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km]] |3:45:53 |- |1999 |[[1999 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Mézidon-Canon]], France | — |50 km | {{AthAbbr|DNF}} |- |2000 |[[2000 European Race Walking Cup|European Race Walking Cup]] |[[Eisenhüttenstadt]], Germany | — |50 km | {{AthAbbr|DNF}} |}

==References== {{reflist}} *{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/andrey-plotnikov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417215844/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/andrey-plotnikov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Andrey Plotnikov}} *[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm European Championships]

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