[2] Father Volodymyr Gordiienko was engaged in boxing, candidate for Master of Sports of the USSR, brought his son to the section at the age of 9.

[3] In 1987, he won Soviet Union Youth games in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, and received Master of Sport of the USSR title, in his 16.

1988 — 1992 he studied and graduated from the Kyiv State University of Physical Culture and Sports, received a diploma as a boxing coach.

[5] Under the guidance of Serhii Gordiienko and Eduard Vinogradov, Max was included in the Ukrainian national boxing team and fulfilled the standard of Master of Sports of Ukraine.

[12] Having gone through a difficult period of COVID-19, Serhii Gordiienko managed to prepare the team and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the women's national team of Ukraine consolidated the results of the previous games and was represented by one athlete Anna Lysenko, who lost in a fierce battle to two-time world champion Turkish Busenaz Sürmeneli, taking 5th place.

In October 2022, Maria Bova under the guidance of Sergei Gordienko became a finalist of the European Women Championships in Budva, Montenegro.

Daughter — Anastasia, son — Maksym (Master of Sports in boxing, bronze medalist of the Ukrainian Youth Championship).