Andrej Aliaksandravič Hardziejeǔ ( be, Андрэй Аляксандравіч Гардзееў, commonly transliterated as Andrei Hardzeyeu; born 7 August 1973) is a
Belarus
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ian marathon runner. He achieved his personal best time of 2:11:44 by winning the gold medal at the 2001
Hannover Marathon
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.
At age thirty-five, Hardzeyeu made his official debut for the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where he competed in the
men's marathon. He did not finish the entire race, before reaching the 25 km lap of the course.
References
External links
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NBC Olympics Profile
Belarusian male marathon runners
Living people
Olympic athletes for Belarus
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Mogilev
1973 births
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