MOSCOW, February 21 about the death of the Olympic champion of the 1980 Games in Moscow, Alexander Sidorenko. It is noted that Sidorenko died on Sunday at the age of 61. He died from COVID-19. «The All-Russian Swimming Federation expresses its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Alexander Alexandrovich,» the message says. From 1977 to 1986, Alexander Sidorenko became the champion of the USSR in individual swimming 20 times. In 1980, at the Moscow Olympics, he won gold in the 400 m individual medley. He became the world and European champion in the 200 m individual medley, as well as the author of the world record for this distance (2 minutes 05.24 seconds). In 1979, Sidorenko was recognized as the best swimmer of the USSR.
