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. Serhiy Leonidovych Fesenko (Сергей Леонидович Фесенко, born 29 January 1959) is a Soviet swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where he won the gold medal in ''200 m butterfly''.

, won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly at the

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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.

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 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 Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Swimmers from Kyiv {{Ukraine-swimming-bio-stub