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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.




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


World record progression 200 metres medley




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
(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.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 17 April 2020.

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