Oleksiy Borysov
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Oleksiy Borysov (born June 1, 1983 in
Sevastopol Sevastopol ( ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea. Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city's harbours, Sevastopol has been an important port and naval base th ...
) is a sailor He competed for Ukraine at the
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in the Men's Finn class. In 2014, after the
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of
Sevastopol Sevastopol ( ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea. Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city's harbours, Sevastopol has been an important port and naval base th ...
,
Crimea Crimea ( ) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukrain ...
to
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, he received a Russian citizenship as Aleksey Borisov ().


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1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Sevastopol Ukrainian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Ukraine Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Finn Naturalized citizens of Russia Russian male sailors (sport) 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Ukraine-yachtracing-bio-stub