Aleksey Dyachenko

Aleksey Vladimirovich Dyachenko (a.k.a. Aleksei Diachenko; ; born 11 November 1978) is a Russian former sabre fencer and a commercial pilot in the United States.

Personal life He is the son of fencing coaches Vladimir and Natalya Dyachenko. His sister Yekaterina was a world champion sabre fencer.

Sport career Dyachenko took part in the team sabre event for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as a reserve of the Russia team, which won a gold medal. He qualified as a full member of the team to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In the individual event, he lost in the first round to Ukraine's Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy. In the team event, Russia overcame Greece, but fell to Italy in the semifinals. They defeated the United States by a single hit to win the bronze medal. Dyatchenko only participated in the quarter-final.