Yauheni Tsikhantsou

Yauheni Tsikhantsou
Tsikhantsou at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityBelarusian
Born (1998-11-04) 4 November 1998
Gomel, Belarus[1]
Weight100.00 kg (220 lb)
Sport
CountryBelarus
SportWeightlifting
Event
102 kg
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Belarus
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Pattaya102 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Batumi96 kg
Representing  Individual Neutral Athletes
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris102 kg
Representing Individual Neutral Athletes
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Riyadh102 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Sofia102 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Chișinău102 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] A sample collected from Yauheni Tsikhantsou on 8 March 2026 returned a positive test for growth hormone.[5]

Career

Olympic Games

In August 2021, Tsikhantsou made an Olympic debut representing Belarus in the men's 96 kg event held in Tokyo, Japan. He lifted 173 kg in the Snatch placing sixth but did not make a successful attempt in the Clean & Jerk.

In August 2024, Tsikhantsou competed as Individual Neutral Athlete in the men's 102 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[6] He lifted 183 kg in the Snatch and placed forth but managed to overcame Armenia's Garik Karapetyan in the fight for the bronze medal with a total lift of 402 kg.[6]

World Championships

In 2018, he competed as a junior at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the newly created 96 kg division.[7][8] 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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

Other competitions

In 2018, he competed in the 5th International Qatar Cup[12] winning a silver medal in the snatch, and bronze medals in both the clean & jerk and total.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021Tokyo, Japan96 kg170170173N/a201201201N/aDNF—
2024Paris, France102 kg176178183N/a214219228N/a4023rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2018Ashgabat, Turkmenistan96 kg1731801843rd place, bronze medalist(s)21021721773904
2019Pattaya, Thailand102 kg1751801822nd place, silver medalist(s)2122132182nd place, silver medalist(s)3981st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia102 kg1751791831st place, gold medalist(s)21121721793943rd place, bronze medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand102 kg175180183421021722544003rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2019Batumi, Georgia96 kg1701741781st place, gold medalist(s)2042102221st place, gold medalist(s)4001st place, gold medalist(s)
2024Sofia, Bulgaria102 kg1761761812nd place, silver medalist(s)2112172221st place, gold medalist(s)3981st place, gold medalist(s)
2025Chișinău, Moldova102 kg1741781811st place, gold medalist(s)2072152181st place, gold medalist(s)3991st place, gold medalist(s)
Qatar Cup
2018Doha, Qatar96 kg1701751782nd place, silver medalist(s)2012012113rd place, bronze medalist(s)3813rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Belarus Weightlifting Federation Profile". Belarus Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "IWF Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. ↑ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg
  4. ↑ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  5. ↑ The ITA notifies weightlifter Yauheni Tsikhantsou of an apparent anti-doping rule violation
  6. 1 2 "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Iranian Gold in the men's 96kg". IWF.net. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Iranians bag eight world weightlifting medals". Iran Daily. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "2019 European Championships Start Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "2019 European Championships Male Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "2024 European Championship results" (PDF). Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  12. ↑ 5th Annual Qatar Cup Start Book
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