Aliaksandr Subota (born 28 August 1984) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

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from Belarus competing mainly in T46 classification track and field events.

Athletics career

Subota first represented his country at a Paralympics in

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in Athens, where he competed in the long jump and triple jump, although he failed to achieve a podium finish in either. Subota was back in the Belarus team for the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

in Beijing, this time competing in just the long jump. He finished fifth. His most successful Paralympics to date was the London Games in 2012. There he competed in both the long jump and triple jump, finishing third in the triple jump to claim his first Paralympic medal. As well as his Paralympic success, Subota has also claimed medals at both World and European Championship level. He claimed a silver in the triple jump (T46) in the 2013 World Championships in Lyon while he has won three European medals, including a gold in the T46 Javelin in 2016 in Grosseto. This was the first international competition that he had entered into the javelin event.

Personal history

Subota was born in Minsk, Belarus in 1984. He studied sports coaching at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Subota, Aliaksandr Paralympic athletes for Belarus Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Belarus Living people 1984 births Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Belarusian male long jumpers Belarusian male triple jumpers Belarusian male javelin throwers Artists from Minsk Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic long jumpers Paralympic triple jumpers Paralympic javelin throwers