Serhiy Fesenko

Sergey Fesenko Jr. (also spelled as Sergiy or Serhiy, born June 5, 1982) is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Ukraine. He competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and qualified to represent his country at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. His father, Sergey Fesenko, Sr., won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

Sergiy Fesenko Jr
Personal information
Full nameСергій Фесенко
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1982-06-05) June 5, 1982
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight172 lb (78 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamIndiana Hoosiers
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bangkok 1500m Freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bangkok 800m Freestyle

Fesenko is a citizen of the United States and As of 2018 resided in Indiana. He has a Masters (from IU) in Economic Sciences. He served in the Ukrainian military in an Air Defense unit but did not see combat.

Titles

Fina World Cup

  • Berlin 2003: 400m freestyle
  • New York 2004: 1500m freestyle
  • New York 2004: 400m freestyle
  • Profile on Indiana University-website
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Serhiy Fesenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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