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Soviet and Ukrainian swimmer (1960?2022)
Oleksandr Sydorenko
Oleksandr Sydorenko in 2008
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Full name
| Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Sydorenko
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Nationality
| Ukrainian
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Born
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1960-05-27
)
27 May 1960
Zhdanov
,
Ukrainian SSR
,
USSR
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Died
| 20 February 2022
(2022-02-20)
(aged 61)
Mariupol
,
Ukraine
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Height
| 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
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Weight
| 82 kg (181 lb)
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Sport
| Swimming
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Strokes
| Individual medley
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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
.
[1]
Career
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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
.
[2]
At the
1983 Summer Universiade
in
Edmonton
, he won a silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley.
[3]
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
.
[4]
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
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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
[5]
in Mariupol on 20 February 2022, at the age of 61.
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