Aleksandr Kornelyuk

{{short description|Soviet sprinter}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}

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Aleksandr Olegovich Kornelyuk ({{langx|ru|Александр Олегович Корнелюк}}; born 28 June 1950 in Baku{{cite book|title=Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year|year=1973|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|location=Moscow|language=Russian|page=118}}) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.{{cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian|page=388}}

Kornelyuk began athletics in 1963 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1970. He competed for the USSR in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 × 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs and Valeriy Borzov. Kornelyuk also won a 50 m silver medal at the 1972 European Indoor Championships behind his teammate Borzov.

In 1972 Kornelyuk was awarded the Medal For Labour Heroism.

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