Yevgeni Nikolayevich Andreyev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yevgeni Nikolayevich Andreyev

Colonel Soviet air force

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1926

Place of Birth: Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 09-Feb-2000

Profession: military personnel, balloonist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Yevgeny Nikolayevich Andreyev (Russian: ??????? ???????; 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, which the Guinness Book of Records put at 24,500 meters (80,380 feet).
The previous record holder for highest free-fall jump was Joseph Kittinger.
Andreyev did however 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.
Andreyev's record stood until 2012, when Felix Baumgartner broke it with a jump from 36,402.6 metres (119,431 ft).