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Andrei Kovalenko (water polo)

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Andriy Kovalenko
Personal information
Born6 November 1970 (1970-11-06) (age 53)
Kiev, Ukraine
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Team Competition

Andrei Kovalenko (Андрій Коваленко; born 6 November 1970 in Kiev) is an Australian water polo player and current coach of the UWA Torpedoes Men's Water Polo team and coach of the u18 and u16 UWA City Beach Bears. He competed for Australia at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, as well as for CIS at Barcelona 1992 in which he won a bronze medal and Ukraine at Atlanta 1996. In 2007 he helped Australia attain a bronze medal in the FINA Water Polo World League. He is widely regarded in Australia as the country's number one expert when it comes to water polo.

References

  • Australian Olympic Team (Handbook 2000 Olympic Games Sydney Australia)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrei Kovalenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.