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Oleksandr Sydorenko
Aleksandr Sidorenko (1980)
Personal information
Full nameAleksandr Sidorenko
NicknameSidor
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1960-05-27) 27 May 1960 (age 64)
Mariupol, USSR (now Ukraine)
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
Medal record
Men’s swimming
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 400 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1982 Guayaquil 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Berlin 200 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1981 Split 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Jönköping 200 m medley
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1983 Edmonton 200 m medley

Oleksandr Sydorenko (born 27 May 1960 in Mariupol; also known as Aleksandr Sidorenko) is a former individual medley swimmer from the USSR. He won the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1]

He 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. In 1982 he married the bronze medal-winner of the 1980 Olympic Games, Yelena Kruglova.

He was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples (USSR)

He worked from 1987 to 2014 as the manager of the water polo team "Ilyichevets."

Now retired and working as a volunteer in the water Polo Federation of the city of Mariupol

Clubs

See also

References

  • YouTube heat 400 IM Olympic Games -80
  • Oleksandr Sydorenko at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
  • Template:Ru icon Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
  • Template:Ru icon Interview to Alexander in the newspaper
  • Template:Ru icon Interview to Alexander in the newspaper
  • Template:Ru icon Ru.Wikipedia
  • 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 2016-12-04.
  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sports Reference profile". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  2. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in World Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
Records
Preceded by Men's 200 metres individual medley
world record holder (long course)

9 July 1978 – 2 August 1978
Succeeded by