Leonid Andreev (athlete) explained

Birth Date:	6 October 1983
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Decathlon, pole vault

Leonid Vladimirovich Andreev (born 6 October 1983) is an Uzbekistani pole vaulter and decathlete.

He first competed in the decathlon, placing fourteenth at the 2000 World Junior Championships and winning the gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships.

He then concentrated on the pole vault. He was qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games, but did not start in the event. He then no-heighted at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships. At the 2006 Asian Games he won the silver medal.

Starting with 2013, he again focused on the combined events representing his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he did not finish the competition.

His personal best in the pole vault is 5.65 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Tashkent.

Competition record

Representing
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	14th	Decathlon	6654 pts
2001	Asian Junior Championships	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Decathlon	6897 pts
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	bgcolor=gold	1st	Decathlon (junior)	7693 pts
	Asian Junior Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	bgcolor=gold	1st	Pole vault	5.20 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	–	Pole vault	NM
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	4th	Pole vault	5.10 m
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Pole vault	5.55 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	–	Pole vault	NM
2008	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	Pole vault	5.35 m
	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	14th (q)	Pole vault	5.45 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	3rd (q)	Pole vault	5.65 m^[1]
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	19th (q)	Pole vault	5.55 m
	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam	bgcolor=gold	1st	Pole vault	5.60 m
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	4th	Pole vault	5.45 m
2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Pole vault	5.30 m
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	–	Pole vault	NM
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	3rd	Decathlon	7383 pts
2014	Asian Indoor Championships	Hangzhou, China	3rd	Heptathlon	5561 pts
	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Decathlon	7879 pts
2016	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	Heptathlon	5607 pts
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	–	Decathlon	DNF

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.97 (+1.8 m/s, Kingston 2002)
• 400 metres – 49.59 (Incheon 2014)
• 1500 metres – 4:58.37 (Kingston 2002)
• 110 metres hurdles – 14.57 (Tashkent 2016)
• High jump – 2.10 (Kingston 2002)
• Pole vault – 5.70 (Tashkent 2009)
• Long jump – 7.30 (Tashkent 2016)
• Shot put – 16.27 (Tashkent 2016)
• Discus throw – 46.20 (Tashkent 2016)
• Javelin throw – 61.02 (Tashkent 2016)
• Decathlon – 8250 (Tashkent 2016)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.20 (Doha 2016)
• 1000 metres – 2:53.84 (Doha 2016)
• 60 metres hurdles – 8.39 (Doha 2016)
• High jump – 1.99 (Hangzhou 2014)
• Pole vault – 5.60 (Chemnitz 2009)
• Long jump – 7.07 (Hangzhou 2014)
• Shot put – 14.83 (Doha 2016)
• Heptathlon – 5607 (Doha 2016)

Notes and References

1. No mark in the final