Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | 10 February 1958 Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast, Russia | |||||||||||
Died | 5 April 2006 (aged 48) Saint Petersburg, Russia | |||||||||||
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Event(s) | Butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||
Club | Trud | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 100 m butterfly – 55.35 (1980) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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]