Full name Aleksandr Sidorenko Name Oleksandr Sydorenko Strokes Medley swimming Weight 82 kg | Nationality Ukraine Height 1.87 m Nickname(s) Sidor Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 27 May 1960 (age 64) ( 1960-05-27 ) Mariupol, USSR (now Ukraine) Olympic medals Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual 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.
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.
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. 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