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Yevgeny Andreyev (colonel)
Soviet air force colonel (1926–2000) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yevgeny Nikolayevich Andreyev (Russian: Евгений Андреев; 4 September 1926 – 9 February 2000) was a colonel in the Soviet Air Force. He set an official record for the longest-distance free-fall parachute jump on 1 November 1962,[1] which the Guinness Book of Records put at 24,500 metres (80,400 ft).[2] The previous record holder for highest free-fall jump was Joseph Kittinger. However, Andreyev did not break the record for highest parachute jump, also held by Kittinger, but that jump was stabilized by a drogue parachute and therefore not free-fall. Andreyev was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for his feat.
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Birth name | Yevgeny Nikolayevich Andreyev |
Born | 4 September 1926 |
Died | 9 February 2000(2000-02-09) (aged 73) |
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Rank | Colonel |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
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Andreyev's record stood until 2012, when Felix Baumgartner broke it with a jump from 39,000 metres (128,000 ft).