Serhiy Volodymyrovych Petrenko (; born 8 December 1956) is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

. He competed in doubles at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won two gold medals in 1976. He also won seven medals at the

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...

with three golds (C-1 500 m:

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

; C-2 10000 m:

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

), three silvers (C-1 500 m:

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

; C-2 500 m:

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

), and one bronze (C-2 10000 m:

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

).Serhiy Petrenko
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* * 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine K. D. Ushinsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University alumni Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in canoeing Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Soviet male canoeists Ukrainian male canoeists 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-canoe-bio-stub