Serhiy Olizarenko
{{Short description|Soviet middle-distance runner (1954–2024)}}
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| name = Serhiy Olizarenko
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| nationality = Ukrainian
| sport = Middle-distance running
| event = Steeplechase
| pb = 8:24.0 (1978){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ol/serhiy-olizarenko-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080439/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ol/serhiy-olizarenko-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Serhiy Olizarenko Olympic Results |access-date=24 November 2017}}[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=11671&Gender=M Sergey Olizarenko]. trackfield.brinkster.net
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1954|9|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Dolynska, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|18|1954|9|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = Odesa, Ukraine
| height = 174 cm
| weight = 60 kg
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Serhiy Oleksiyovich Olizarenko ({{langx|uk|Сергій Олексійович Олізаренко}}; 9 September 1954 – 18 December 2024) was a Ukrainian steeplechase runner. He represented the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the final.
Biography
Olizarenko was born in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR on 9 September 1954, and in 1968 moved to Odessa. At the 1980 Olympic semi-final he tore an Achilles tendon and had to abandon the race. After that he had two surgeries, but failed to recover and retired from competition.
In 1978 Olizarenko met the middle-distance runner Nadezhda Mushta. They married the same year, and had a daughter Oksana born soon after the 1980 Olympics.
Olizarenko died in Odessa, Ukraine on 18 December 2024, at the age of 70. {{cite web |title=Пішов із життя Сергій Олізаренко |url=https://uaf.org.ua/2024/12/18/pishov-iz-zhyttia-serhij-olizarenko/ |website=UAF |access-date=18 December 2024}}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:Soviet male middle-distance runners
Category:Soviet male steeplechase runners
Category:Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
Category:Sportspeople from Kirovohrad Oblast
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