Andrei Fyodorovich Kazusenok ( be, Андрей Фёдорович Казусенок, born 15 January 1984) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian

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and sambist. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 90 kg competition after losing his fight to Ivan Pershin. In the

repechage Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild car ...

he lost in the semifinals against the upcoming bronze medalist

Hesham Mesbah Hesham Mesbah ( ar, هشام مصباح; born 17 March 1982) is an Egyptian judoka. He won a bronze medal in the Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Egypt's first judo medal in 24 years. Achieveme ...

. In sambo, he won gold at the 2007 and 2008 World Championships.

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* * 1984 births Living people Belarusian male judoka Belarusian sambo practitioners Olympic judoka for Belarus Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Games silver medalists for Belarus European Games medalists in sambo Sambo practitioners at the 2015 European Games Sambo practitioners at the 2019 European Games Sportspeople from Babruysk {{Belarus-judo-bio-stub