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Born 10 February 1958
Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Died 5 April 2006 (aged 48)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 181 cm
Weight 73 kg
Sport
Sport Swimming
Event(s) Butterfly, freestyle
Club Trud
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m butterfly – 55.35 (1980)
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver 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.

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