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 "63"> (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.
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).
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