Mikalai Yuryievich Zhukavets ( be, Мікалай Юр'евіч Жукавец; born 13 August 1986 in

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) is a Belarusian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. A two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012), he is ranked no. 34 in the world for the sailboard class by the

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. Zhukavets also trains for Moshvsm Sailing Club in Minsk under his personal coach and mentor Uladzimir Khaladzinski. Zhukavets made his debut at the

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, where he placed twenty-eighth out of thirty-five sailors in the men's RS:X class with a net score of 229. At the

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, Zhukavets qualified for his second Belarusian team, as a 26-year-old, in the RS:X class by receiving an automatic berth from the

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in Cadiz, Spain. Struggling to attain a top position in the opening series including his incomplete race on the eighth leg, Zhukavets accumulated a net score of 208 points to deliver a 27th-place finish overall in a fleet of thirty-eight windsurfers.

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Belarusian male sailors (sport) Belarusian windsurfers Olympic sailors for Belarus Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sportspeople from Minsk {{Belarus-yachtracing-bio-stub