Belarus by right is proud of the history of participation in the Olympic Games. For the first time Belarusians took part in the Olympic Games of 1952 to Helsinki as a part of USSR national team. Sporting achievements of the triple winner of the Olympic Games of the fighter Medved Alexander, quadruple owners of the Olympic gold of the gymnast Korbut Olga and fencers Belova Helena, the fivefold Olympic champion Kim Neli, the sixfold Olympic champion Shcherba Vitaly and many other glorified Belarusian athletes are entered by gold letters in the Olympic history.
For years of the sovereignty Belarus our athletes made a speech as p at 11 Olympic Games - 6 winter and 5 summer. 95 athletes became champions and prize-winners of games. They won 91 Olympic medals: 18 gold, 28 silver and 45 bronze.
Independent team Belarus was for the first time presented to p by
on the Olympic arena:
- at the XVII winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer (Norway) on February 12-27, 1994. 2 silver awards were won by :
Svetlana Paramygina (biathlon, 7,5 km), Zhelezovsky Igor (skates, 1000 m);
- at the XXVI summer Olympic Games in Atlanta (United States of America) on July 19 - on August 4, 1996. It was won of 15 medals - 1 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze:
gold - Khodotovich Catherina (Karsten Catherina) (rowing academic);
silver - Medvedev Aleksey (fight Greek-Roman), Pavlov Alexander (fight Greek-Roman), Lishtvan Sergei (fight Greek-Roman), Izotov Vladimir Dubrovshchik (track and field athletics, a disk), Sazanovich Natalia (track and field athletics, heptathlon), Basinsky Igor (firing bullet);
bronze - Valery Tsilent (fight Greek-Roman), Shcherbo Vitaly (gymnastics, all-round, a vault, bars, a crossbeam) - 4 medals, Kaptyukh Vasilii (track and field athletics, a disk), Zverev's Zvereva Ellina (track and field athletics, a disk), Lavrinenko Natalia, Pankina Alexander, Volchek Natalia, Davydenko Tamara, Skrabatun Valentine, Mikulich Helena, Stasyuk Natalia, Shkermankova Marina the Sign, Pavlovich Jaroslaw (rowing academic, the eight oar).
of the Highest success the Belarusian athletes achieved at the summer Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 when Belarus won of 19 medals , including 4 the gold and 5 silver. the Belarusian team took the 16th place by quantity of the won medals:
gold - Aryamnov Andrey (weightlifting), Menkova Oksana (track and field athletics, hammer throw), Medved Alexander and Kravchenko Andrey Bogdanovichi (canoe racing, the two), Petrushenko Roman, Abalmasov Aleksey, Litvinchuk Arthur and Makhnev Vadim (canoe racing, the four);
silver - Rybakov Andrey (weightlifting), Mikhnevich Natalia (track and field athletics, shot put), Kravchenko Andrey (track and field athletics, a decathlon), Zhukova Inna (rhythmic gymnastics), Devyatovsky Vadim (track and field athletics, hammer throw);
bronze - Ostapchuk Nadezhda (track and field athletics, shot put), Mikhnevich Andrey (track and field athletics, shot put), Novikova Anastasiya (weightlifting), Karsten Catherina (rowing academic), Bichik Julia and Gelakh Natalia (rowing academic, the two), Petrushenko Roman and Makhnev Vadim (canoe racing, the two), Gaydarov Mourad (fight free), Semenov Mikhail (fight Greek-Roman), Tikhon Yvan (track and field athletics, hammer throw), Sankovich Xenia, Tumilovich Aline, Ivankova Anastasiya, Lunina Zenaida, Babushkina Alesya and Martinovich Glafira (gymnastics art, team championship).
At the summer Olympic Games of 2012 in London the Belarusian athletes won of 12 medals, including 2 the gold and 5 silver. In medal offset of the Olympic Games Belarus took the 26th place :
gold - Martynov Sergei (firing bullet), Azarenko Victoria and Mirny Maxime (tennis, mikst);
silver - Gerasimenya Alexander (swimming of 50 m by freestyle and 100 m freestyle) - 2 medals, Goncharova Marina, Ivankova Anastasiya, Leshchik Natalia, Narkevich Alexander, Sankovich Xenia, Tumilovich Aline (gymnastics art, team championship), Makhnev Vadim, Petrushenko Roman (canoe racing, the two), Medved Alexander and Kravchenko Andrey Bogdanovichi (canoe racing, the two);
bronze - Cherkashina Lyubov (gymnastics art), Poltoran Marina, Pomelova Irina, Popok Nadezhda, Khudenko Olga (canoe racing, the four), Azarenko Victoria (tennis), Pomelova Irina Kulesha (weightlifting), Shkermankova Marina (weightlifting).
On XXII Winter Olympic games to Sochi the Belarusian athletes won of 6 medals, including 5 the gold and 1 bronze. For the first time in the history the team Belarus took the 8th place in medal offset by quantity of the won awards.
gold Domracheva Darya (biathlon) - 3 medals, Kushnir Anton (freestyle), Tsuper Alla (freestyle);
bronze - Skardino Nadezhda (biathlon).
In command sports Belarus at the Olympic Games was presented by three national teams. It is a national team Belarus on hockey (to Nagano-1998, Solt-Leyk-City-2002, Vancouver-2010), the women's national team Belarus on basketball (Beijing-2008) and an Olympic team Belarus on soccer (London-2012). However the Belarusian national teams did not reach the finals yet.
the Olympic gold
the Olympic gold to Belarus were brought by 20 athletes, on which account of 18 medals.
Three gold at the Winter Olympic Games-2014 to Sochi Darya Domracheva (biathlon), Belarus and become to one of the best sportswomen of games won Domracheva Darya received the third gold <"63"> in race with mass start. Domracheva Darya became the biathlonist first in the history who has won three gold Olympic medals in personal races.
Karsten Catherina (rowing) - the participant of six Olympic Games, since 1992 in Barcelona. The double Olympic champion in the history of independent Belarus. At the first Olympic Games 1992 became the bronze prize-winner as a part of the steam room four. Then there were two gold medals in the single category - in Atlanta-1996 and Sydney-2000, a silver medal at the games of 2004 in Athenes and bronze - at the Olympic Games-2008 in Beijing.
Zvereva Ellina (track and field athletics, a disk) - the participant of five summer Olympic Games (1988, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008). The bronze prize-winner of games in Atlanta of 1996. At the age of 39 years won Olympic Games gold in Sydney in 2000. In 8 years at the Olympic Games in Beijing took the 6th place.
Yanina Karolchik (track and field athletics, shot put) - the champion of the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000. In final sixth attempt she managed to push a kernel on 20 m 56 cm and much more to bypass the competitors, in particular, the skilled Russian sportswoman who has taken the second place Peleshenko Larissa (19 m 92 cm).
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Nesterenko Julia (track and field athletics, sprint) became the main sensation of the Olympic Games-2004 in Athenes, having won run at a distance against 100 m. In final running it was carried by before the overflowed tribunes of the Olympic stadium in Athenes in 10,93 seconds. Nesterenko Julia outstripped recognized experts of sprint - Americans Kolander and Williams, representatives Jamaica Campbell, Bailey and Simpson, and also the Bulgarian runner Lalova and the representative of Bahamas Ferguson. After this victory to it nicknamed "White Lightning".
At the Olympic Games in Athenes 2004 Makarov Igor (judo), acting in weight category to 100 kg, won the first gold for Belarus for all history of participation of our masters of fight on a tatami in the Olympic Games. He won against Sung Huo final fight Dzhangu from South Korea. According to the triple Olympic champion in free-style wrestling Medved Alexander, observing a duel, such result achieve unit, and possible it became because Makarov Igor persistently went towards the aim.
At the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 twenty-year Aryamnov Andrey (weightlifting) was out of competition in the weight category (105 kg) and became the champion. Our athlete on a course of competitions established three world records. At first Kravchenko Andrey improved world achievement in breakthrough - 200 kg, in the second exercise - a push in final attempt it took one more record weight - 236 kg and in the sum of a double-event gained 436 kg - also new world record.
Menkova Oksana (track and field athletics, a hammer) won a gold medal of the Olympic Games of 2008 in Beijing. In the final in the fifth attempt it threw a hammer on 76,34 m and established a new Olympic record (the previous equaled 75,2 m).
the Belarusian crew of a canoe pair as a part of brothers Medved Alexander and Kravchenko Andrey Bogdanovichey (rowing on a canoe, the two) won the gold medal Olympic Games-2008. On marks 250, 500 and 750 of m Kravchenko Andrey and Medved Alexander were the third. Everything was changed for some tens meters to the finish: the Belarusian athletes found forces for a kick and literally pulled out a victory at the German crew, having outstripped it everything on 0,223 sec. Time of winners - 3 min. 36,365 seconds.
Crew of the Belarusian kayak four Petrushenko Roman, Abalmasov Aleksey, Litvinchuk Arthur and Makhnev Vadim (rowing on kayaks, the four) won the Olympic gold in Beijing. They finished, without having allowed anybody to doubt the superiority. If for Abalmasov Aleksey and Litvinchuk Arthur the Olympic success was the first in career, for Petrushenko Roman and Makhnev Vadim it already the second Olympic award. Four years ago in Athenes they won bronze as a part of a kayak pair.
Grishin Aleksey (freestyle) in Nagano-98 was the eighth, in 2002 to American Salt Lake City became the bronze prize-winner, in Turin-2006 stopped in a step from a podium, having taken the fourth place, and the gold received on the XXI winter Olympic Games of 2010 in Vancouver. It is the first in the history of Belarus the gold medal won at the winter Olympic Games.
Martynov Sergei (firing bullet) - the winner of Games XXX of the Olympic Games of 2012. In London Martynov Sergei won the third medal at the Olympic Games. Before he won bronze - in Sydney-2000 and Athens-2004 twice. In total it took part in six Olympic Games, and on four of them reached the finals. In the capital United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in firing from a small-caliber rifle on 50 m to the 44-year-old Belarusian was not equal. In qualification tournament he won an unconditional victory, having established a new world record - 600 points. In a final round Martynov Sergei was totally stronger again than the opponents, having once again improved world achievement with the sum 705,5 points.
Mirny Maxime and Azarenko Victoria (tennis, mikst) won a victory in the final of tennis tournament in the mixed category at the Olympic Games in London. The Belarusian duet Azarenko Victoria / Mirny Maxime - unique. Two operating first rackets of the world entered it: Azarenko Victoria at that time was operating first racket of the world in the female single category according to WTA rating, and Mirny Maxime headed ATP rating in the man's pair category. At the XXX Olympic Games in London Azarenko Victoria became also bronze prize-winner in the single category.
Tsuper Alla (freestyle, acrobatics) - the champion of the XXII Olympic Games of 2014. The Olympic gold Tsuper Alla became sensation. At the Olympic Games it constantly did not have a malost: it took the 5th place in the 1998 and 9 place in 2002. However to Sochi Tsuper Alla used the chance presented to it of all hundred percent, without having allowed judges and competitors to doubt the superiority. Gold Tsuper Alla is the first Olympic award in the history of female Belarusian freestyle.
the Belarusian fristaylist Kushnir Anton (freestyle, acrobatics) became the Olympic champion in 2014 to Sochi. In a final round of competitions in an extreme park of "Rosa Khutor" the 29-year-old Minsker perfectly executed a jump with the highest coefficient of complexity - a threefold somersault with 5 screws, and received the highest mark among all competitors - 134,59 points.
the Olympic silver
of 37 Belarusian athletes are silver prize-winners of the Olympic Games, and 14 awards on the account of gymnasts. Twice three athletes became silver prize-winners: arrows Basinsky Igor (firing bullet), Rybakov Andrey (weightlifting) and Gerasimenya Alexander (swimming).
the Olympic bronze
Bronze awards 57 Olympians won Belarus, on their account of 45 medals. The champion by quantity of bronze awards - the sixfold Olympic champion Shcherbo Vitaly. It is the unique gymnast who, speaking as a part of the integrated team Commonwealth of Independent States at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, won six gold medals, having won all types of the program. At the Olympic Games-1996 as a part of the national team Belarus it rose by the third step of a pedestal four times.
Belarus
For the first time Belarusians made a speech at the Paralympic Games as independent team on X the summer Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996. The Belarusian athletes won of 13 medals, from which 3 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze.
Belarus at the summer Paralympic Games of 2012 in London was presented to b by 31 paralympic athletes in seven sports: track and field athletics, swimming, rowing, fencing, judo, cycling, powerlifting. The Belarusian team with 10 awards (5 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) took the 25th place in total medal offset.
From 10 awards of the Belarusian team at the Paralympic Games of 2012 in London 6 were won by the swimmer Boky Igor. He won gold at a distance of 100 m butterfly stroke, became the silver prize-winner on 50 m freestyle, filled up a collection with gold on a hundred-meter race freestyle, won gold with a world record at a distance of 100 m on a back, there were 400 m best at a distance freestyle, having again established a planet record, with one more world record won a distance of 200 m medley swimming. Izotov Vladimir at a distance of 100 m a breast stroke in the category SB12 became p> to
the Silver prize-winner.
Bronze medals on the account of the athlete Medved Alexander Subota in a triple jump in the category F46, Volchek Ludmila in rowing, Kanyuk Anna in long jumps in the category F11/12.
At the winter Paralympic Games of 2014 to Sochi representatives combined Belarus won 3 bronze awards and took the 18th place in medal offset. Shapteboy Vasilii became the double bronze prize-winner in biathlon at distances of 7,5 km and 12,5 km with four firing lines among visually impaired. Skorobogataya Yadviga won bronze in cross-country skiing at a distance of 15 km classical style among sportswomen with sight violation.
Summer Paralympic Games 2016 years will pass p from September 7 to September 19, 2016 to Brazilian Rio de Janeiro. 526 sets of medals in 22 sports will be awarded. Rowing competitions on kayaks and a canoe and on a thriathlon will be for the first time held. Competitions will take place on the same platforms, as 2016 Summer Olympics.