Oleksandr Sydorenko

file:RIAN archive 487096 Alexander Sidorenko, USSR Merited Master of Sports.jpg|thumb|right|236px|Sydorenko at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Oleksandr Sydorenko, 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.

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.
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.
Sydorenko won the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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.
Oleksandr Sydorenko died from COVID-19 in Mariupol on 20 February 2022, at the age of 61.