Aleksey Denisenko | |
Birth Place: | Bataysk, Russia |
Sport: | Taekwondo |
Club: | Grandmaster Taekwondo Club, Rostov |
Education: | Institute of Social and Pedagogical Technologies and Resources, Naberezhnye Chelny |
Coach: | Stanislav Khan[1] |
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Height: | 185 cm[2] |
Alexey Alexeyevich Denisenko (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Денисенко; born 30 August 1993) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner.[3] He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in the 58 kg division and a silver at the 2016 Rio Games in the 68 weight category. In 2012 and 2016 he was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (of the second and first degree, respectively).[1]
In December 2016, Denisenko married Russian taekwondo fighter Anastasia Baryshnikova.[4] He is of Gypsie descent.[5]