He participated in the Rio Games in 2016: a Ukrainian champion dies in combat, another victim of war

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He participated in the Rio Games in 2016: a Ukrainian champion dies in combat, another victim of war

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Nouvelle tragédie pour le sport ukrainien, qui perd l’une de ses grandes figures en haltérophilie, tuée par la guerre.

Ukrainian weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko, who participated in the Rio Olympics, was killed at the front, the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation announced on Monday.

Pielieshenko, who was 30 years old, was a two-time European champion in 2016 and 2017. In Rio in 2016, he took fourth place in the 85kg category.

He joined the armed forces in February 2022

"It’It is with great sadness that we inform you that the heart of the great Ukrainian sportsman Oleksandr Pielieshenko has stopped beating"< /em>, the Federation said in a statement.

Died a hero defending Ukraine

The coach of the Ukrainian weightlifting team Victor Slobodianiuk wrote on Facebook that the athlete was "died in hero in defending Ukraine".

Pielieshenko had joined the Ukrainian armed forces from the start of the Russian offensive, in February 2022, recalled the Ukrainian Olympic Committee.

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