Henadzy Makhveyenia (born December 10, 1983), also known as Gennady Makhveyenya, is a

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ian

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. His personal best combined total is 290 kg. At the

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and

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he won overall silver in the 62 kg category, both times winning gold medals in the snatch. He competed in

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in the 62 kg division finishing tenth, with 278 kg.

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* * * * Belarusian male weightlifters 1983 births Living people Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Belarus European Weightlifting Championships medalists People from Dubrowna District Sportspeople from Vitebsk Region 21st-century Belarusian people {{Belarus-weightlifting-bio-stub