{{Short description|Ukrainian swimmer (born 1984)}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Denys Syzonenko | image = | caption = | fullname = Denys Viktorovych Syzonenko | national_team = {{UKR}} | strokes = Freestyle | club = Dynamo Kyiv | coach = Viktor Turchin | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bila Tserkva, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.97|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|91|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | Ukraine }} {{MedalCompetition|Universiade}} {{MedalGold|2005 İzmir|4×100 m medley}} {{MedalSilver|2003 Daegu|4×100 m freestyle}} | show-medals = yes | updated = }}
'''Denys Viktorovych Syzonenko''' ({{langx|uk|Денис Вікторович Сизоненко}}; born 13 April 1984) is a Ukrainian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Denys Syzonenko|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sy/denys-syzonenko-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001737/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sy/denys-syzonenko-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 11 May 2013}}</ref> He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and a two-time relay medalist at the Universiade (2003 and 2005). He also trains for Dynamo Kyiv swimming team, under his longtime coach Viktor Turchin.
Syzonenko qualified only for the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, as a member of the Ukrainian team, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000104060011000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=27 April 2013}}</ref> Teaming with Andriy Serdinov, Pavel Khnykin, and Yuriy Yegoshin in heat two, Syzonenko swam a lead-off leg and recorded a split of 50.05, but the Ukrainians missed the top 8 final by almost a full second, finishing in fifth place and tenth overall with a national record of 3:18.95.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 4×100m Freestyle Heat 2|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3531344.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Men's 400 Freestyle Relay Prelims: South Africans Rock with a New Continental Record 3:13.84, Second Fastest in History; US Qualifies Second |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7815.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=15 August 2004 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195715/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7815.asp |archivedate=27 September 2007}}</ref>
At the 2005 Summer Universiade in İzmir, Turkey, Syzonenko helped out the Ukrainian team (Anton Buhayov, Oleg Lisogor, and Serhiy Advena) to upset their American rivals and claim the medley relay title in a final time of 3:38.49.<ref>{{cite news|title=USA Wins Four Gold Medals on Sixth Day of World University Games|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/9937.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=17 August 2005|accessdate=11 May 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130616101543/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/9937.asp|archivedate=16 June 2013}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.swimukraine.org.ua/?page=236&id=66 Profile – Swim Ukraine] {{in lang|uk}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140105001748/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D64188/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Syzonenko, Denys}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Ukrainian male swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers for Ukraine Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Ukrainian male freestyle swimmers Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Category:Sportspeople from Bila Tserkva Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Ukraine Category:Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Category:Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Category:21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
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