Andrey Lebedinsky was born on December 23, 1963. The father who worked as a forester, took the boy with him into the taiga and let him shoot with a pistol. In 1981 he won the Shooting Champion.
In 1984, a tragedy happened in which Andrey lost his leg. Then the support of family and friends helped him to cope. In the national team he got two gold and one bronze medals.