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| name = Sergey Fesenko Sr.
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| native_name = Сергей Леонидович Фесенко
| full_name = Serhiy Leonidovych Fesenko
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| nationality = Soviet
| strokes = [[butterfly swimming|Butterfly]] and [[medley swimming|medley]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|1|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kryvyi Rih]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
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| height = 1.88 m
| weight = 77 kg
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{URS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre individual medley|400 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1978 World Aquatics Championships|1978 Berlin]] | 400 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1982 World Aquatics Championships|1982 Guayaquil]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1982 World Aquatics Championships|1982 Guayaquil]] | 400 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1977 European Aquatics Championships|1977 Jönköping]] | 400 m medley}}
{{MedalGold| [[1981 European Aquatics Championships|1981 Split]] | 400 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1983 European Aquatics Championships|1983 Rome]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1981 European Aquatics Championships|1981 Split]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade|1981 Bucharest]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade|1981 Bucharest]] | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade|1981 Bucharest]] | 400 m medley}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1983 Summer Universiade|1983 Edmonton]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Friendship Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|1984 Moscow|[[Swimming at the Friendship Games|200 metre butterfly	]]}}
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'''Serhiy Leonidovych Fesenko''' (Сергей Леонидович Фесенко, born 29 January 1959) is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and Olympic champion. He competed at the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympic Games]] in [[Moscow]], where he won the gold medal in [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|''200 m butterfly'']].<ref name=db-olymp-1980SWI>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=20&sp=SWI "1980 Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Swimming"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916105131/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=20&sp=SWI |date=2008-09-16 }} – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 26 September 2008)</ref>

He graduated from Kiev University of Physical Education. He competed for the "Avangard" Club (Kiev). Honored Master of Sports of USSR (1978). Champion 1980 Olympic Games in 200 m butterfly (1.59,76). Silver medalist of the Olympic Games 1980 in 400 meter individual medley (4.23,43). Silver medalist at 1978 World Swimming Championships and 1982 FINA World Swimming Championships in 200 meters butterfly. Bronze in 1982 FINA World Swimming Championships in 400 meter individual medley. 1977 and 1981 European Championship champion in 400 meter individual medley. Silver medalist of the 1983 European Championship in 200 m butterfly. Bronze medalist of the 1981 European Championship in 200 meter butterfly. The winner of the competition at the European Cup 1979, 1981 in the 200 meter butterfly, 1982 in 400 meter medley. The winner of the World Universiade 1981 and 1983 in the 200 meter butterfly, 1981 in 200 and 400 meter individual medley. USSR Championship 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983.

Sergey has married his schoolmate Iryna Fesenko in 1980. They have two sons, [[Serhiy Fesenko|Serhiy Fesenko Jr.]] (born in 1982) and Kyrylo Fesenko (born in 1986). Both are swimmers.

Iryna is an interior, home, and landscape designer.

Serhiy Jr. competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and qualified for 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China for [[Ukraine]]. He is an alumnus Indiana University. Serhiy became a Big Ten swimmer of the week twice and once an NCAA swimmer of the week in 2005-2006 collegiate season.

Kyrylo competed at 2006 European Championships in Budapest and 2008 European Championships in Eindhoven. He's a student at Drury University, and NCAA D2 individual and team champion for 2006–2007, 2007–2008 and 2008-2009 collegiate seasons.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{SR/Olympics profile|fe/serhiy-fesenko-1|Serhiy (Sergey) Fesenko|archive=20161203043614}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tauO4G6saj8 YouTube heat 400 IM Olympic Games -80]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch6FshGIGIg YouTube heat 200 m butterfly Olympic Games -80]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ukrainian male butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Soviet male medley swimmers]]
[[Category:Soviet male butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kryvyi Rih]]
[[Category:Ukrainian male medley swimmers]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen]]