Sergey Fesenko Jr. (also spelled as Sergiy or Serhiy, born June 5, 1982) is a long-distance

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swimmer from

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. He competed in the

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and qualified to represent his country at the

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. His father, Sergey Fesenko, Sr., won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly at the 1980 Olympic Games in

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. Fesenko is a citizen of the United States and resided in

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. He has a Masters (from IU) in Economic Sciences. He served in the Ukrainian military in an Air Defense unit but did not see combat. As of 2024, Fesenko still resides in the United States. Although he has left the country to visit his home of Ukraine many times. It is not known if he has been in active combat, but it is safe to assume he has received incoming fire from Russian forces on these trips. Ever since the conflict in Ukraine has begun he has always been supportive and often seeks out equipment and supplies to send to Ukraine in aiding the war effort. His local community is also very supportive and he often receives items from said community, mostly for free. Fesenko will send the supplies to Ukraine usually out of his own pocket. He makes no money on his transactions and often has a net loss from the shipping costs. He has helped supply everything from military style equipment and drones to clothing and medical supplies.

Titles

Fina World Cup

* Berlin 2003: 400m freestyle * New York 2004: 1500m freestyle * New York 2004: 400m freestyle

External links

Profile on Indiana University-website
* 1982 births Living people Ukrainian male freestyle swimmers Ukrainian male swimmers Ukrainian male long-distance swimmers Olympic swimmers for Ukraine Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for Ukraine FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Swimmers from Kyiv {{Ukraine-swimming-bio-stub