Marharyta Tsishkevich

Marharyta Tsishkevich

Personal information
Full name	Marharyta Ryhorauna Tsishkevich
Nationality	Belarussian
Born	13 February 1992 Khoiniki, Homel, Belarus
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoeing
Event(s)	Canoe sprint
Medal record World Championships 2015 Milan K-2 200 m 2015 Milan K-4 500 m 2013 Duisburg K–4 500 m 2014 Moscow K-2 200 m 2014 Moscow K-4 500 m 2014 Moscow K-1 4x200 m European Championships 2014 Brandenburg K-2 200 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m Universiade 2013 Kazan K-2 500 m 2013 Kazan K-4 200 m 2013 Kazan K-1 200 m

Marharyta Ryhorauna Tsishkevich (Belarusian: Маргарыта Рыгораўна Цішкевіч; born 13 February 1992) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist.^[1][2] Tsishkevich represented Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed only in two individual sprint kayak events. For her first event, the women's K-1 500 metres, Tsishkevich advanced directly into the semi-final rounds, after placing sixth in the heats, with a time of 2:01.216.^[3] She was disqualified from the second semi-final race for breaking the four-metre "centre-lane" rule.^[4] In the first ever women's K-1 200 metres, Tsishkevich repeated her last-place finish in the same heat by approximately twenty-one hundredths of a second (0.21) behind Denmark's Henriette Engel Hansen, clocking at 43.033 seconds.^[5][6]

References

1. "Marharyta Tsishkevich". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
2. "Marharyta Tsishkevich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
3. "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m Heat 2". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
4. "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m Semifinal 2". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
5. "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 200m Semifinal 2". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
6. "Belarus’ canoe sprinters reach Olympic finals". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile