Yauheni Tsikhantsou
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| Nationality | Balrussian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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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]
Career
[edit]World Championships
[edit]In 2018 he competed as a junior at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the newly created 96 kg division.[5][6] He won a bronze medal in the snatch portion with a junior world record setting lift of 180 kg.
European Championships
[edit]In 2019 he competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 96 kg category.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
Other competitions
[edit]In 2018 he competed in the 5th International Qatar Cup[10] 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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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 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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| 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.
- ^ "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
External links
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- Living people
- 1998 births
- Belarusian male weightlifters
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Gomel
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Belarus
- 21st-century Belarusian people