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. Dyachenko is also a three-time world champion with the Russian team. == Commercial pilot career ==