Gennady Androsov Explained

Birth Date:1 August 1939
Birth Place:Krasnoye, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Lviv, Ukraine
Height:1.69m (05.54feet)
Weight:61kg (134lb)
Sport:Swimming
Club:Dynamo Lviv (1956–1963)

Gennady Ivanovich Androsov (Russian: Геннадий Иванович Андросов; 1 August 1939 – 21 March 2016) was a Ukrainian swimmer. He won a gold medal in the individual 400 m medley at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships, and set a world record in the same event in 1957. In the 1500 m freestyle discipline, he won a bronze medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships and competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. He was a national champion in the 400 m (1961), 1500 m (1956, 1960) and 4×200 m freestyle (1961) and 400 m medley (1962, 1963) events.