Andrei Rybakou

Andrei Rybakou

Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
2004 Athens -85 kg
2008 Beijing -85 kg
World Championships
2006 Santo Domingo -85 kg
2007 Chiang Mai -85 kg
European Championships
2006 Władysławowo -85 kg

Andrei Rybakov (Belarusian: Андрэй Рыбаков) (born March 4, 1982 in Mogilev, Belarussian SSR) is a Belarusian weightlifter who won silver medals in Men's 85 kg at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, setting a world record at the 2008 Olympics.[1]

In April 2006 he won the European Championship. Later that year, during the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships he was crowned as the World Champion in the 85 kg category.[2]

He won the gold medal in the 85 kg category again at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships[2] setting a world record with a 187 kg snatch.[3]

Notes and references

  1. "FLASH: BELARUS RYBAKOV BREAKS MEN'S 85KG WEIGHTLIFTING WORLD RECORD". Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  2. 1 2 "Rybakov Andrei". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  3. "Andrei Rybakov". Lift Up. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
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