Oleksiy Khizhniak (born 9 June 1975) is a Ukrainian

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 ...

. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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1975 births Living people Ukrainian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Ukraine Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Ukrainian sportspeople 21st-century Ukrainian sportspeople {{Ukraine-weightlifting-bio-stub