Dmitry Chernyshenko is a native of Sochi, Russian Federation. Chernyshenko is a leading Russian professionals in the field of advertising and sports marketing.

Chernyshenko started his career in advertising in 1989. Chernyshenko set-up the Advertising Agency that later developed into the Media Arts Group. Chernyshenko graduated from the Moscow State Technological University. Chernyshenko's stated interests include motor racing, downhill skiing and martial arts.

Dmitry Chernyshenko also has significant experience working with the Russian Ministry for Sports. Chernyshenko has served on a number of committees. In November, 2005 Dmitry Chernyshenko was appointed the CEO of the Sochi 2014 Bid Committee.

On July 5, 2007 the Sochi 2014 bid Committee were notified they had won the games, the Olympics were coming to the Russian Federation. On December 13, 2007, Dmitry Chernyshenko was awarded with the Order of Honor for the successful victory of the Sochi 2014 Bid.

On winning the 2014 Olympic Games bid on July 5, 2007, Dmitry Chernyshenko quoted:

• "Dimitry Chernyshenko told the committee the victory was a "key moment in Russian history. You have decided to play a major role in Russia's future. The games will help Russia's transition as a young democracy." Russia, he added, is the "largest winter country in the world" and "winter sport and the Olympic spirit are part of our heritage."http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,492533,00.html

On the same day when notified of winning the 2014 Olympic Games:

• "“Managing the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Organising Committee is a great honour and responsibility for me. In the next seven years we have to create the best possible conditions for hosting the Games at the highest level. To this end we have formed the most effective project management structure for achieving this result. Our cooperation with the IOC and our Games preparation process had not stopped for a minute since Sochi’s victory in Guatemala. Since then, we have been building upon the experience and international contacts gained during the bidding process to ensure we meet and exceed the highest standards of the Olympic Movement." http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162653/dmitry-chernyshenko-is-to-head-sochi-2014-organising-committee

On December 11, 2008

• "We will recruit 25,000 volunteers to prepare and host Russia’s first Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Sochi 2014 is fully committed to ensuring that all our volunteers have a passion for the values and ideals of the Olympic Movement. Volunteering in Sochi 2014 must not only give people the chance to take part in a unique, innovative project, it also must be a vehicle for the education of our younger generation. For us, as for organizers of the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, volunteers will play a vital role. The way the world will see our Games and the image of a new Russia will largely depend on their work." http://sochi2014.com/en/sochi-live/news/29898/