Andrey Meshcheryakov

Andrey Meshcheryakov (born 20 April 1984 in Moscow) is a Russian swimmer and wheelchair curler. He has represented Russia at both the IPC World Championships and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. As a curler he was a participant of the 2018 Winter Paralympic games and World Wheelchair Curling Championships of 2019, 2020; he is a 2020 World champion.

Personal history Meshcheryakov was born in 1994. He matriculated to Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics where he studied law. He was severely injured in a car accident resulting in permanent disabilities.

Swimming career After his accident Meshcheryakov initially took up table tennis, but switched to swimming as part of his rehabilitation. He followed this with a bronze in the 50m backstroke at the same Championship.

Two years later he again represented Russia, travelling to Montreal to compete in the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships. There he took three medals, all bronze, in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle. In 2012 he qualified for his first Summer Paralympics, where he entered four events in the London Games. He failed to reach the final in the 100m S4 freestyle, limited by the fact that his S3 classification was not given its own 100m competition. He qualified for the finals in the 50m breaststroke SB2, 150m individual medley SM3 and the 50m backstroke S3 but he was unable to medal.

Curling teams and events Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events 2017–18 Konstantin Kurokhtin Marat Romanov Alexander Shevchenko Daria Shchukina Andrei Meshcheriakov Anton Batugin WPG 2018 (5th) 2018–19 Andrey Smirnov Marat Romanov Alexander Shevchenko Daria Shchukina Andrei Meshcheriakov Anton Batugin,Margarita Nesterova (7th) 2019–20 Andrei Meshcheryakov Alexander Shevchenko Maksim Volkov Aleksandra Chechyotkina RWhCC 2020 Konstantin Kurokhtin Andrei Meshcheriakov Vitaly Danilov Daria Shchukina Anna Karpushina Anton Batugin,Sergey Shamov