Yevgeny Seredin

Yevgeny Seredin
Personal information
Born10 February 1958
Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Died5 April 2006 (aged 48)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Event(s)Butterfly, freestyle
ClubTrud
Achievements and titles
Personal best100 m butterfly – 55.35 (1980)
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moskva 4×100 m medley relay

Yevgeny Alekseyevich Seredin (Russian: Евгений Алексеевич Середин; 10 February 1958 – 5 April 2006) was a Russian swimmer who competed in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1980, he won a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay and placed fifth in the individual 100 m butterfly event. He held eight Soviet titles: in the 100 m butterfly (1976, 1978–79), medley relay (1977–79), and 4×100 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays (1979). After retiring in 1983, Seredin coached swimmers in Saint Petersburg. He died of a heart attack.[1]

  1. ^ "Yevgeny Seredin". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.