Oleksandr Sydorenko
Oleksandr Sydorenko (27 May 1960 – 20 February 2022), also known as Aleksandr Sidorenko, was an individual medley swimmer from the USSR.
He won the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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| Full name | Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Sydorenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 1960 Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 February 2022 (aged 61) Mariupol, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Sydorenko won a gold medal at the 1981 European Aquatics Championships in Split, and at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil in the 200-metre individual medley.
At the 1983 Summer Universiade in Edmonton, he won a silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley. Between 1977 and 1986 he became the USSR champion 20 times.
Sydorenko won the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
He worked from 1987 to 2014 as the manager of the water polo team "Ilyichevets." After retirement he worked as a volunteer in the water Polo Federation of the city of Mariupol.
Personal life and death
Sydorenko married the bronze medal-winner of the 1980 Olympic Games, Yelena Kruglova, in 1982. Sydorenko was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples (USSR).
Oleksandr Sydorenko died from COVID-19 in Mariupol on 20 February 2022, at the age of 61.
See also
References
External links
- Water polo team "Ilyichevets" Archived 18 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- YouTube heat 400 IM Olympic Games -80
- Oleksandr Sydorenko at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- (in Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia[permanent dead link]
- (in Russian) Interview to Alexander in the newspaper Archived 7 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Russian) Interview to Alexander in the newspaper Archived 6 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Russian) Ru.Wiki
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oleksandr Sydorenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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