Oleksandr Sydorenko

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]

Oleksandr Sydorenko
Oleksandr Sydorenko in 2008
Personal information
Full nameOleksandr Oleksandrovych Sydorenko
NationalityUkrainian
Born(1960-05-27)27 May 1960
Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died20 February 2022(2022-02-20) (aged 61)
Mariupol, 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
Friendship Games
Bronze medal – third place1984 Moscow200 metre individual medley
Sidorenko in 1980 on Moscow Olympics

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.[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

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.[6]

See also

References
  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 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. ISHOF list with all medalists in World Championships history Archived 10 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history Archived 10 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 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 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  5. 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist Oleksandr Sydorenko dies from COVID-19
  6. В Мариуполе умер олимпийский чемпион по плаванию (in Russian)
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