![]() Petrenko (left) at the 1976 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | December 8, 1956||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Lokomotiv Odessa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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