Aleksey Dyachenko

Aleksey Vladimirovich Dyachenko (a.k.a. Aleksei Diachenko; Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Дьяче́нко; born 11 November 1978) is a Russian former sabre fencer and a commercial pilot in the United States.

Aleksey Dyachenko
Born (1978-11-11) 11 November 1978
St. Petersburg, Russia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
Weaponsabre
Handright-handed
Retired2007
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Sabre team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 NîmesTeam sabre
Gold medal – first place2003 HavanaTeam sabre
Gold medal – first place2005 LeipzigTeam sabre
Bronze medal – third place1999 SeoulTeam sabre
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 CoblenzTeam sabre
Gold medal – first place2002 MoscowTeam sabre
Gold medal – first place2003 BourgesTeam sabre
Gold medal – first place2004 CopengagenTeam sabre
Gold medal – first place2005 ZalaegersegTeam sabre

Personal life

He is the son of fencing coaches Vladimir and Natalya Dyachenko. His sister Yekaterina was a world champion sabre fencer.

Sport career

Dyachenko took part in the team sabre event for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as a reserve of the Russia team, which won a gold medal. He qualified as a full member of the team to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In the individual event, he lost in the first round to Ukraine's Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy.[1] In the team event, Russia overcame Greece, but fell to Italy in the semifinals. They defeated the United States by a single hit to win the bronze medal. Dyatchenko only participated in the quarter-final.[1]

Dyachenko is also a three-time world champion with the Russian team.

Commercial pilot career

In 2013, he began training in the United States to obtain a commercial pilot license. Upon completion of training, he flew as first officer and pilot in command on the Pilatus PC-12 aircraft in Tradewind Aviation and ExpressJet Airlines. Since October 2020, he has been flying as a co-pilot on the Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft in the CommutAir company. Upon reaching the flight time of 5,000 hours, he is going to work for a large passenger airline.[2][3]

References
  1. "Aleksey Dyachenko Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  2. "I was a medalist of the 2004 Olympics in fencing, and now a pilot in the United States. How to turn life around after 30. - An open letter from Alexey Dyachenko" (in Russian). sports.ru. 2021-07-30.
  3. "Alexey Diachenko". Facebook.


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