Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Likhvald ( ua, Олександр Анатолійович Ліхвальд; born September 9, 1978) 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 competed for his native country at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in the men's bantamweight division (– 56 kg), finishing in 9th place in the final standings. He competed at world championships, most recently at the

2003 World Weightlifting Championships The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from November 14 to November 22, 2003. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Tota ...

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* 1978 births Living people Ukrainian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Ukraine Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Ukrainian people 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-weightlifting-bio-stub