Iaroslav Semenenko is a Ukrainian

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. He participated at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

in the swimming competition, being awarded the

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in the men's 100 metre backstroke S6 event. Semenenko had participated at the

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and

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in the swimming competition without winning a medal. On 13 September 2012, he was awarded the title "Honorary Citizen Of The City Of Slovyansk".

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* Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Ukrainian male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic swimmers for Ukraine Paralympic bronze medalists for Ukraine S6-classified para swimmers 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-Paralympic-medalist-stub