Yauheni Paulavich Tsikhantsou (Belarusian: Яўгені Паўлавіч Ціханцоў; born 4 November 1998) is a Belarusian weightlifter,[2] World Champion and European Champion competing in the 94 kg category until 2018 and 96 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3][4]
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| Nationality | Belarusian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 November 1998 Gomel, Belarus[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100.00 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –102 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editOlympic Games
editIn August 2021, Tsikhantsou made an Olympic debut representing Belarus in the men's 96 kg event held in Tokyo, Japan. He lifted 173 kg in the Snatch placing sixth but did not make a successful attempt in the Clean & Jerk.
In August 2024, Tsikhantsou competed as Individual Neutral Athlete in the men's 102 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[5] He lifted 183 kg in the Snatch and placed forth but managed to overcame Armenia's Garik Karapetyan in the fight for the bronze medal with a total lieft of 402 kg.[5]
World Championships
editIn 2018 he competed as a junior at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the newly created 96 kg division.[6][7] He won a bronze medal in the snatch portion with a junior world record setting lift of 180 kg.
European Championships
editIn 2019 he competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 96 kg category.[8] He made all six lifts in a perfect day, winning gold medals in the snatch, clean & jerk and total, setting European Records in the clean & jerk and total.[9] His total of 400 kg was a full 22 kg over the silver medalist.
In 2024 he competed at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in the 102 kg category and became the overall gold medalist. Tsikhantsou won the silver medal in snatch, and the gold medal in the clean & jerk.[10]
Other competitions
editIn 2018 he competed in the 5th International Qatar Cup[11] winning a silver medal in the snatch, and bronze medals in both the clean & jerk and total.
Major results
edit| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 96 kg | 173 | — | — | DNF | — | |||||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 102 kg | 178 | 183 | — | 214 | 219 | — | 402 | 
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| 2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 96 kg | 173 | 180 | |
210 | 7 | 390 | 4 | |||
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 102 kg | 175 | 180 |  |
213 | 218 | |
398 | 
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| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 102 kg | 175 | 179 | 183 | |
211 | 9 | 394 |
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| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 102 kg | 175 | 183 | 4 | 210 | 217 | 4 | 400 |
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| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 96 kg | 170 | 174 | 178 | |
204 | 210 | 222 | |
400 |
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| 2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 102 kg | 176 | 181 | |
211 | 217 | |
398 |
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| Qatar Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Doha, Qatar | 96 kg | 170 | |
201 | 211 | |
381 |
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References
edit- ^ "Belarus Weightlifting Federation Profile". Belarus Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "IWF Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg
- ^ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Iranian Gold in the men's 96kg". IWF.net. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Iranians bag eight world weightlifting medals". Iran Daily. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ 2019 European Championships Start Book
- ^ "2019 European Championships Male Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "2024 European Championship results" (PDF). Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ 5th Annual Qatar Cup Start Book
