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Andrei Kovalenko (Андрій Коваленко; born 6 November 1970 in Kiev) is an Australian water polo player and former coach of the UWA Torpedoes Men's Water Polo team and the u18 and u16 UWA City Beach Bears. He competed for Australia at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, as well as for CIS at Barcelona 1992 in which he won a bronze medal and Ukraine at Atlanta 1996. In 2007 he helped Australia attain a bronze medal in the FINA Water Polo World League.
In recent years, Andrei has starting playing Men's Softball for the Woodlands Wolves Ball Club. Andrei has started to refine his pitching (underarm), and shown his skills in the outfield with his "Rocket for an Arm". In the off season, Andrei has also started playing Baseball for the Wembley Magpies Baseball Club. Andrei is a reliable pitcher, picking up different variations with ease.
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See also
References
- Australian Olympic Team (Handbook 2000 Olympic Games Sydney Australia)
External links
- Andriy Kovalenko at Olympics.com
- Andriy Kovalenko at Olympedia
- Andriy Kovalenko at the Australian Olympic Committee
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