Oleksandr Sydorenko

Olympic athlete

1960 –

66

Who is Oleksandr Sydorenko?

Oleksandr Sydorenko 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

He now works as the manager of the water polo team "Ilyichevets."

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Born
May 27, 1960
Mariupol
Also known as
  • Aleksandr Sidorenko
Lived in
  • Mariupol

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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