Andrey Yefimov


Andrey Mikhailovich Yefimov is a Russian swimming coach. He has received the Russian Honored Coach award.. Among his pupils is his daughter, athlete Yuliya Yefimova.

Biography

Yefimov was born on December 2, 1960. Together with his family he moved to Volgodonsk from Grozny at the start of the First Chechen war began.
He was a coach of the TSP of the Tyumen Oblast and Volgodonsk, and since 2006 he has been a member of the Russian national team. He coached Olympic bronze medalist, and four-time world champion, Yuliya Yefimova and master of sports of the international class Kristina Krasyukova.
He was his daughter, Yuliya Yefimova's first coach; she started swimming at age six..
In 2013, Yefimov moved to Tyumen to work in the regional specialized children's and youth sports school of the Olympic reserve to prepare young athletes for the competition in Tyumen.
June 2, 2017, Yefimov was awarded the Medal of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland of the II degree.
He is helping his daughter prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games of 2020.