Serhiy Oleksandrovych Krasyuk (also Sergey; uk, Сергій Олександрович Красюк; 17 November 1961 – July 1994) was a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He won a gold and silver medal at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in the 4 × 100 m medley and 4 × 200 m freestyle relays, respectively; in both events he swam for the Soviet Unions team in the preliminary rounds. Individually he finished in sixth place in the

100 m freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...

. After the Olympics he won several medals at the world and European championships. He missed the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and competed in the

Friendship Games The Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (russian: Дружба-84, ''Druzhba-84''), was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Su ...

instead, winning a gold, silver and bronze medal.

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1961 births Living people Ukrainian male swimmers Ukrainian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Soviet male swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Kyiv Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade {{Ukraine-swimming-bio-stub