Sergey Alexeyevich Fedosienko (russian: Сергей Алексеевич Федосиенко; born 31 July 1982) is a Russian

powerlifter Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effor ...

. Fedosienko has won 15 gold medals at the world equipped championships and 7 gold medals at the world classic (raw) championships in the IPF. Fedosienko has also won two World Games gold medals in

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. Fedosienko is 1.46 metres, or 4'8", tall. In 2005, Fedosienko failed a doping test and received a 2-year ban. He was stripped of his gold medal at the 2005 European Powerlifting Championships. In 2022, Russia was banned from competing in the European and International Powerlifting Federations due to declaring war on Ukraine. Due to Fedosienko residing in Russia, this would end his 12-year streak as a world champion and be stripped from competing at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fedosienko, Sergey 1982 births Russian powerlifters Living people World Games gold medalists Competitors at the 2013 World Games Competitors at the 2017 World Games Sportspeople from Novosibirsk Oblast 20th-century Russian people 21st-century Russian people