Sergey Yevstigneyev

Sergey Yevstigneyev

Personal information
Born	Сергей Александрович Евстигнеев 17 January 1974 (1974-01-17) (age 52) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport	Water polo
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record Representing Russia World Championships 1994 Rome Team European Championships 1997 Sevilla Team

Sergey Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev (Russian: Сергей Александрович Евстигнеев; born 17 January 1974) is a water polo coach and retired Russian water polo player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth place with the Russian team, contributing 4 goals in 8 matches.

Career

Yevstigneyev started training in water polo in 1983, and between 1992 and 1999 was a member of the national team, winning bronze medals at the 1994 world and 1997 European championships. In 1994 he met his future wife, Olympic synchronized swimmer Olga Brusnikina. They married in September 2001 and moved to Italy, where Yevstigneyev played for a local team and Brusnikina coached synchronized swimming. In August 2006 Brusnikina gave birth to a son, Iliya.

As of 2015 Yevstigneyev was living in Moscow and coaching the Russian men's water polo team.

See also

• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

External links

• Sergey Yevstigneyev at World Aquatics
• Sergey Yevstigneyev at Olympedia
• Sergey Yevstigneyev at InterSportStats