Andrei Kuznetsov (volleyball)
Andrei Kuznetsov (, 24 April 1966  – 30 December 1994) was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was born in Poltava, Ukraine and was 196 cm tall. In 1988 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all seven matches. Four years later he finished seventh with the Unified Team in the 1992 Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.

On 30 December 1994, he died in a road accident in Chieti, Italy. Since 1996, Sport Express has presented the best volleyball champion of Russia in his name.

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1966 births
1994 deaths
Russian men's volleyball players
Ukrainian men's volleyball players
Soviet men's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union
Olympic volleyball players for the Unified Team
Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Road incident deaths in Italy
Olympic medalists in volleyball
Sportspeople from Poltava
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics