Pavel Andreyev (runner)

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Pavel Andreyev (Russian: Павел Андреев; also known as Pavel Andreev, born April 20, 1970) is a Russian middle-distance and long-distance runner who has won multiple US and European road races including the Dallas, Helsinki, St. Petersburg White Nights and Grandma’s marathons. He was also the silver medal winner in the 1997 Russian Athletics Championships 10,000 meters.{{cite web

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In 1995 and 1996, Andreyev ran dozens of road races in France. In 1995, he took home a large cup trophy after running a 1:03:49 for third place in the Paris Half Marathon.

It was 1997 when Andreyev lined up for his first marathon. At the Bordeaux Marathon, he finished sixth in 2:14:10 as his Russian peer, Dmitry Kapitonov, took first. The following year, Andreyev was second at the Lyons Marathon, clocking 2:12:21. His race earned him more than $5,000 as well as the title of Master of Sports of International Class (Russian: мастер спорта СССР международного класса), an athletic honor bestowed by the Soviet Union.{{cite web

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|title=Интервью с Павлом Андреевым

|date=11 December 2017

|access-date=5 December 2021

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In 1999, he won the Echternach Marathon in Luxemburg with a time of 2:14:52.{{cite web

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|publisher=Association of International Marathons and Distance Races

|title=1999 AIMS Event Winners

|date=1999

|location=Athens, Greece

|access-date=2 November 2021

|archive-date=30 December 2019

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In 2000, Andreyev traveled to Duluth, Minnesota, for the Grandma's Marathon. He bested the competition on way to a first place win. In 2002, he was back and ran a personal best time in the marathon race (2:11:20) to finish in second place behind Elly Rono, who won with the third-fasted time in the history of the race (only bettered by Dick Beardsley and Garry Bjorklund).{{cite news

|title=Awards for Grandma's Marathon Announced

|date=13 June 2005

|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/2007393-awards-grandmas-marathon-announced

|work=Duluth News Tribune

|publisher=Forum Communications

|location=Duluth, Minnesota

|access-date=2 November 2021

|archive-date=2 November 2021

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|title=Grandma's Marathon 2019 Media Guide

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|date=1 June 2019

|access-date=2 November 2021

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|title=World fastest marathon times (men) of 2002

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|access-date=1 November 2021

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At the World Athletics Gold-labeled Hong Kong Marathon in 2003, Andreyev tailed Tendai Chimusasa for most of the race and hung on to finish fourth.{{cite web

|title=Race: Hong Kong Marathon 2003 Results

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|date=1 November 2021

|publisher=Association of Road Racing Statisticians

|location=Mattole Valley, California

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|editor2=Andy Milroy

|access-date=2 November 2021

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A big win on US soil came in 2005, when he outran more than 10,000 runners to win the Dallas Marathon in 2:15:24. He was the only non-Kenyan in the top 11.{{cite news

|first=Marty

|last=Schaivone

|title=Dallas White Rock Marathon: A Winning Weekend in Big D

|date=April 2006

|work=Running Times

|publisher=Imagemark Publishing and Design

|location=Wilton, Connecticut

|page=59-60

|access-date=1 November 2021

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|archive-date=2 November 2021

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He won the 2007 White Nights International Marathon in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2:16:26, after running ahead of contenders Aleksy Veselov and Vladimir Ponomaryov. In prior years, the race had started at 11 p.m. and continued on through the middle of the night—though in St. Petersburg’s June nights, the sun is still over the horizon, so the finishers arrive while it is still daylight. However, by 2007, the race management shifted the start to a regular morning hour. In 2008, Andreyev returned and battled the entire race with Andrey Bryzgalov. As they approached the final stretch, they ran together and tied for the win, crossed the finish line while holding hands.{{cite web

|url=https://aims-worldrunning.org/articles/244-white-nights.html

|title=White Nights: International Ergo White Nights Marathon

|date=29 June 2014

|work=Distance Running

|publisher=Association of International Marathons and Distance Races

|location=Athens, Greece

|access-date=1 November 2021

|language=en

|archive-date=10 April 2021

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}}{{cite news

|first1=Sergey

|last1=Porada

|first2=Yelena

|last2=Kurdyumova

|title=Running Around the World: St. Petersburg Russia: The International White Nights Marathon in the Land of the Midnight Sun

|date=21 March 2008

|work=Runner's World

|publisher=Hearst

|location=Easton, Pennsylvania

|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/advanced/a20792249/running-around-the-world-st-petersburg-russia/

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|access-date=2 November 2021

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Andreyev continued to win road races in his late 30s.