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.
[7] 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.
[9] 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.
[2] Born to an artist father and a musician mother in Zelenodolsk, Russia, Andreyev entered the world of running through the military.