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{{short description|Russian sabre fencer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1978|11|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[St. Petersburg]], [[Russia]]
| weapon         = [[sabre (fencing)|sabre]]
| hand           = right-handed
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{{MedalBronze| [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|Sabre team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Fencing Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 World Fencing Championships|2001 Nîmes]]|Team sabre}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 World Fencing Championships|2003 Havana]]|Team sabre}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 World Fencing Championships|2005 Leipzig]]|Team sabre}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1999 World Fencing Championships|1999 Seoul]]|Team sabre}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Fencing Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 European Fencing Championships|2001 Coblenz]]|Team sabre}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 European Fencing Championships|2002 Moscow]]|Team sabre}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 European Fencing Championships|2003 Bourges]]|Team sabre}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 European Fencing Championships|2004 Copenhagen]]|Team sabre}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 European Fencing Championships|2005 Zalaegerseg]]|Team sabre}}
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'''Aleksey Vladimirovich Dyachenko''' (a.k.a. Aleksei Diachenko; {{langx|ru|Алексе́й Влади́мирович Дьяче́нко}}; born 11&nbsp;November 1978) is a [[Russians|Russian]] former [[sabre (fencing)|sabre]] [[fencing|fencer]] and a [[commercial pilot]] in the United States.

==Personal life==
He is the son of fencing coaches Vladimir and Natalya Dyachenko. His sister [[Yekaterina Dyachenko|Yekaterina]] was a world champion sabre fencer.

== Sport career ==
Dyachenko took part in the [[Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|team sabre event]] for the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]] as a reserve of the Russia team, which won a gold medal. He qualified as a full member of the team to the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]]. In the [[Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|individual event]], he lost in the first round to Ukraine's [[Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dy/aleksey-dyachenko-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dy/aleksey-dyachenko-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Aleksey Dyachenko Olympic Results |accessdate=2012-06-06 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> In the [[Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|team event]], Russia overcame Greece, but fell to Italy in the semifinals. They defeated the United States by a single hit to win the bronze medal. Dyatchenko only participated in the quarter-final.<ref name="sports-reference" />

Dyachenko is also a three-time world champion with the Russian team.

== Commercial pilot career ==
In 2013, he began training in the United States to obtain a [[commercial pilot license]]. Upon completion of training, he flew as [[First officer (aviation)|first officer]] and [[pilot in command]] on the [[Pilatus PC-12]] aircraft in [[Tradewind Aviation]] and [[ExpressJet Airlines]]. Since October 2020, he has been flying as a co-pilot on the [[Embraer ERJ 145]] aircraft in the [[CommutAir]] company. Upon reaching the flight time of 5,000 hours, he is going to work for a large passenger airline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/openletter/2948118.html |title=I was a medalist of the 2004 Olympics in fencing, and now a pilot in the United States. How to turn life around after 30. - An open letter from Alexey Dyachenko.|publisher=sports.ru|language=ru|date=2021-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/alexey.diachenko.3|title=Alexey Diachenko|website=Facebook}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150101003247/http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/alexei-diatchenko Profile] at the European Fencing Confederatiuon
* Olympic.org.  [http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Fencing/Epee-IndividualMen/Sabre-Team-Men/ Sabre Team Men] Results.  Bronze Medals section.
* NBC Sports.  [https://web.archive.org/web/20080718174249/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/4671984/ Medal Winners - Fencing].   Fencing&nbsp;— Men's Team Sabre (medals: August 19)

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[[Category:Russian male sabre fencers]]
[[Category:Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic fencers for Russia]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Russia]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in fencing]]
[[Category:Fencers from Saint Petersburg]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Commercial aviators]]


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