Maksim Yuryevich Nedasekau ( be, Максім Юр’евіч Недасекаў; born 21 January 1998) 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 athlete specialising in the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

. He was the bronze medallist at the

2020 Olympic Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. He also won the gold medals at the 2021 European Indoor Championships, 2019 European U23 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the team event at the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

. His personal bests are 2.37 metres outdoors (

) and 2.37 metres indoors (Toruń 2021).

International competitions

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1998 births Living people Belarusian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athletics European Games gold medalists for Belarus European Games silver medalists for Belarus Sportspeople from Vitebsk European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists for Belarus Olympic athletes of Belarus {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub