Aliaksei Mzhachyk Explained

Aliaksei Mzhachyk
Native Name:Аляксей Уладзіміравіч Мжачык
Nationality:Belarusian
Birth Date:30 June 1996
Birth Place:Pinsk, Belarus
Death Place:Germany
Weight:139.6 kg
Country:Belarus
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:+109 kg

Aliksei Uladzimiravich Mzhachyk (Belarusian: Аляксей Уладзіміравіч Мжачык; 30 June 1996 – 1 August 2021) was a Belarusian weightlifter. He placed 12th in the men's +105 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] [2]

In age-specific categories he won the bronze medal at the 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. He finished eighth at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships and thirteenth at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.

Mzhachyk died in a car accident in Germany on 1 August 2021.[3] He was 25.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aliaksei Mzhachyk . Rio 2016 . 30 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826131116/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/aliaksei-mzhachyk . 26 August 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: Men's +105kg - Standings . Rio 2016 . 30 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922192808/https://www.rio2016.com/en/weightlifting-standings-wl-mens-105kg-2 . 22 September 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Белорусский тяжелоатлет Мжачик погиб в автокатастрофе в Германии. 2 August 2021. REN TV. 2 August 2021. Russian.