Yauheni Tsikhantsou Explained

Yauheni Tsikhantsou
Nationality:Belarusian
Birth Date:4 November 1998
Birth Place:Gomel, Belarus[1]
Weight:100.00 kg
Country:Belarus
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:–102 kg

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

World Championships

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

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

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

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=60 1width=60 2width=60 3width=45 Rankwidth=60 1width=60 2width=60 3width=45 Rank
Representing
World Championships
173 180 184 210 217 217 7 390 4
175 180 182 212 213 218 398
European Championships
align=left 96 kg 170 174 178 204 210 222 400
Qatar Cup
96 kg 170 175 178 201 201 211 381
Representing
Olympic Games
align=left 176 178 183 4 214 219 228 3 402
World Championships
align=left 175 179 183 211 217 217 9 394
European Championships
align=left 102 kg 176 176 181 211 217 222 398

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belarus Weightlifting Federation Profile. Belarus Weightlifting Federation. 18 April 2019.
  2. Web site: IWF Results. IWF.net. 19 November 2018.
  3. http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M96A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg
  4. Web site: 2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results. IWF.net. 19 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Iranian Gold in the men's 96kg. IWF.net. 7 November 2018 . 19 November 2018.
  6. Web site: Iranians bag eight world weightlifting medals. Iran Daily. 24 December 2018.
  7. http://ewfed.com/2019/Batumi/StartBookGEO2019.pdf 2019 European Championships Start Book
  8. Web site: 2019 European Championships Male Results . 12 April 2019 . 6 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406163848/http://www.ewfed.com/2019/Batumi/Results/MaleResults.pdf . dead .
  9. Web site: 2024 European Championship results . 16 March 2024.
  10. https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/12/Start_book_DOHA.pdf 5th Annual Qatar Cup Start Book