Hennadiy Krasylnykov ( ua, Геннадій Красильников; born 30 March 1977) is a retired male
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 ...
from
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. He twice competed for his native country at the
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
(2000 and 2004) in the men's super heavyweight division (+ 105 kg), finishing in 9th and 4th place in the final standings.
During the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, Krasylnykov was arrested over alleged
spotting in favour of Russian army in
Chuhuiv
Chuhuiv ( uk, Чугуїв) or Chuguev (russian: Чугуев) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Chuhuiv Raion (district). It hosts the administration of Chuhuiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Uk ...
.
Ukrainian olympian helped Russian fascist to shell Chuhuiv
sport.segodnya.ua, May 26, 2022 (in Ukrainian).
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1977 births
Living people
Ukrainian male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters for Ukraine
Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
20th-century Ukrainian people
21st-century Ukrainian people
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