Oleg “Jeweler” Sapalenko is a fan of the football club “Metalist” (Kharkiv), representative of the team SHIZO.

Oleg Sergeevich Sapalenko was born on September 23, 1993 in the city of Kharkiv. He studied at the city school No. 73, after which he received higher education at the university. From a young age he was involved in sports, including combat sambo and grappling. He had victories and awards at city and national level competitions.

He joined the fan movement “Metalist” in 2011, coming to the sector “North Right”. He played several successful fights for AFC and “Lazio” teams, after he was interested in the cohesive team of SHIZO, to which he was transferred to training. He joined the team very quickly, and after the victorious meeting with Dnipro, he was already considered one of the main ones.

In 2014, Oleg was an active participant in the events of the Revolution of Dignity in Kharkiv. Participated in the defense of the office of the organization “Patriot of Ukraine” on the night of March 14-15. At that time, pro-Russian militants tried to break the resistance of patriotic Kharkov residents with the help of firearms. The defenders of the building managed to fight back.

In 2015, he received a diploma of jeweler. For him, it was like a hobby. Everything that was connected with small details, and what fell into Oleg's hands - he performed flawlessly.

Since 2016, “Jeweler” has defended Ukraine from the enemy invasion in the East, and since 2019 has served as part of the DSHV. Teammates and brothers remember Oleg as a difficult, but very kind person. He had a clear civic stance and always helped those in need. Laden was giving the last for a friend. Being a jeweler by education, he had literally “golden” hands, which he skillfully used.

He met the beginning of a full-scale war in the ranks of the Armed Forces in the position of a scout sniper of the 2nd category of the paratroop battalion. I was in Donetsk region. He was an advocate of nature and worked with children, for whom he was both an older brother and a teacher.

Subsequently, he transferred to the unit “KRAKEN”, in which from the first days of the Great War there were many of his comrades. Having extensive combat experience, he successfully performed combat tasks during the defense of his hometown. Oleg Sapalenko died on June 24, 2022, along with several other brothers, while performing a combat mission in Kharkiv region.