Zhan Beleniuk

Zhan Beleniuk

Personal information
Full name	Zhan Bensanovich Beleniuk
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	24 January 1991 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Club	Spartak
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Ukraine World Championships 2014 Tashkent 85 kg 2015 Las Vegas 85 kg European Championships 2012 Belgrade 84 kg 2014 Vantaa 85 kg 2016 Riga 85 kg European Games 2015 Baku 85 kg Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan 84 kg

Zhan Bensanovich Beleniuk (Ukrainian: Жан Венсанович Беленюк; born 24 January 1991) is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a gold medal in the 2014 European Wrestling Championships,^[1] the 2015 World Wrestling Championships and 2016 European Wrestling Championships.

Beleniuk was born to a Ukrainian mother and Rwanda Hutu father, who died when Zhan was a child, shortly after the 1994 Rwandan Civil War. Zhan began wrestling at age 9 years old.^[2]

See also

• List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (Greco-Roman)

References

1. "Жан Беленюк: "Мне не раз предлагали выступать за другие сборные, но я — украинец"". fakty.ua.
2. Bagaterenko, Anton (31 May 2014). "Жан Беленюк: «В Африке я слишком светлый, в Украине – слишком темный»". Tribuna.com (in Russian). Retrieved 30 April 2016.