Volodymyr Sydorenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Сидоренко; born 23 September 1976), also known as Wladimir Sidorenko, is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2010, and held the WBA bantamweight title from 2005 to 2008. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships, and consecutive golds at the 1998 and 2000 European Championships; all in the flyweight division. His twin brother is former amateur boxer Valeriy Sydorenko.

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Volodymyr Sydorenko Володимир Сидоренко
Born	(1976-09-23) September 23, 1976 (age 47) Energodar, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian
Statistics
Weight(s)	Bantamweight
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	27
Wins	22
Wins by KO	7
Losses	3
Draws	2
Medal record Representing  Ukraine Men's amateur boxing Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Flyweight World Championships 2001 Belfast Flyweight European Championships 1998 Minsk Flyweight 2000 Tampere Flyweight Military World Games 1995 Rome Flyweight

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Sydorenko won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics as a flyweight:

• Defeated Daniel Ponce de León (Mexico) 16–8
• Defeated Omar Andrés Narváez (Argentina) 16–10
• Defeated Andrzej Rżany (Poland) RSC 3
• Lost to Wijan Ponlid (Thailand) 11–14
• 1998 European Championships gold medalist
• 2000 European Championships gold medalist
• 2001 World Championships silver medalist

Sydorenko claimed an amateur record of 290–20.

Sydorenko won the vacant WBA bantamweight title at expense of Julio Zarate on 26 February 2005. From there, he went on to defend that title six times.

He lost his title by unanimous decision to Anselmo Moreno in May 2008, and again in the rematch on 2 May 2009 by split decision. On 4 December 2010, he was knocked down 3 times en route to 4th-round KO loss to Nonito Donaire.^[1]

• List of WBA world champions
• Olympic medalists in boxing
• Ukraine at the 2000 Summer Olympics