| Oleksandr Pielieshenko | |||||||||
| Native Name: | Олександр Юрійович Пелешенко[1] | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||||
| Full Name: | Oleksandr Yuriyovych Pielieshenko | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1994 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine | ||||||||
| Height: | 1.70 m | ||||||||
| Weight: | 85 kg | ||||||||
| Sport: | Weightlifting | ||||||||
| Club: | МСУ | ||||||||
| Show-Medals: | yes | ||||||||
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Oleksandr Yuriyovych Pielieshenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Юрійович Пелешенко, also transliterated Peleshenko; 7 January 1994 – 5 May 2024) was a Ukrainian weightlifter. He was the 2016[2] and 2017 European Champion. He also competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] Pielieshenko was killed in action during the Russo-Ukrainian War, at the age of 30.[4] [5]
As of April 2018, he was suspended due to an out-of-competition drug test that detected the masking agent chlorthalidone.[6] He was suspended provisionally until 2026.[7]
In the first days of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Pielieshenko joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[4] He died during combat operations on 5 May 2024, at the age of 30.[4] He was the first Olympian to be killed in action during the Russo-Ukrainian War.[4] [8]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 | width=40 | 3 | width=40 | Rank | width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 | width=40 | 3 | width=40 | Rank |
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
| 170 | 173 | 175 | 4 | 210 | 4 | 385 | 4 | [9] | |||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| 167 | 7 | 201 | 7 | 368 | 4 | ||||||||||
| European Championships | |||||||||||||||
| 165 | 168 | 200 | 204 | 372 | |||||||||||
| 170 | 175 | 202 | 211 | 386 | |||||||||||
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