Serhiy Mishchenko

Serhiy Oleksandrovych Mishchenko — former president of the Ukrainian Fencing Federation (1993 - 2012), honorary member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. He won the “Hero of Sports Year” award three times: in 2008, 2009 and 2010 for  "Dedication to Sports" and for being "The best sports organizer of the year". He was the Deputy head of the organisational committee of the 2008 European Fencing Championship in Kyiv.

Serhiy Mishchenko has a PhD in economics, and is an author of 20 publications on international statistics, world trade, development of scientific and technical potential.

Biography
In 1978, he graduated with honors from the Faculty of International Economic Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 1987 he defended his PhD thesis on the topic: "Statistics of world trade in agricultural and food products".

In 1978-1980 worked as a translator in the staff of the counselor of the USSR Embassy in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

From 1980 until 1982 — economist at the Institute of Socio-Economic Problems of Foreign Countries of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. During 1986-1990 held the positions of a researcher, a senior researcher at the Center for Scientific and Technical Potential Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Since 1991, he is the head of ILTA LLC. Today ILTA LLC is the official dealer of Peugeot, Citroen and DS in Ukraine (24% of all Peugeot cars were sold in ILTA's centers). ILTA is also the official sponsor of the Ukrainian Fencing Federation.

Sport management
Mishchenko was the President (1993–2012), Vice-president (from 2012 to the present) of the Ukrainian Fencing Federation.

He was also the Deputy head of the organisational committee for the preparation and holding of the 2008 European Fencing Championship in Kyiv.

He is also a Honorary member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.

After Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Ukrainian Fencing Federation (UFF) has made multiple appeals to fellow members of the International Fencing Federation to vote against the return of Russian and Belarusian fencers.

Mishchenko wrote in a letter to the FIE:"“Is it fair that through destruction, constant shelling Ukrainian athletes have no opportunity to prepare for competitions and risk their lives, and Russian athletes will calmly compete in the international arena?.”"Furthermore, Mishchenko said that he was opposed to neutrality and urged the FIE to follow the International Gymnastics Federation which decided to extend the ban on Russian and Belarusian officials until further notice. "“The Ukrainian Fencing Federation appeals to you not to allow the permission of the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competition in any status, including neutral, until the end of this criminal war and complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, as some other sports have already done, in particular the International Gymnastics Federation”."