Tsimafei Aliaksandravich Dzeinichenka ( be, Цімафей Аляксандравіч Дзейнічэнка; born November 5, 1986, in Homel) is an amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He won a silver medal for his division at the

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in Baku, Azerbaijan, and eventually defeated Armenia's

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for the gold at the

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in Dortmund, Germany. He also captured a silver medal in the same division at the

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, losing out to Iran's Amir Aliakbari. Dzeinichenka is a member of the wrestling team for Dynamo Homel, and is coached and trained by Ihar Piatrenka. Dzeinichenka represented Belarus at the

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, where he competed in the men's 96 kg class. He defeated Egypt's Mohamed Abdelfatah and Estonia's

Ardo Arusaar Ardo Arusaar (born 24 June 1988 in Pärnu) is an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman 96 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Erwin Caraballo in the qualifications, he was eliminated by Tsimafei Dzeini ...

in the preliminary rounds, and eventually upset Albanian-born Bulgarian wrestler and heavy favorite

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in the quarterfinal match, receiving a total score of four points in two straight periods. He progressed to the semi-final round, where he was defeated by Russia's

Rustam Totrov Rustam Stanislavovich Totrov (russian: Рустам Станиславович Тотров; born 15 July 1984) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's Greco-Roman 96 kg category. Ex ...

, who scored a total of four points in two straight periods, leaving Dzeinichenka without a single point. Because Totrov advanced further into the final match against Iran's Ghasem Rezaei, Dzeinichenka automatically qualified for the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Sweden's

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, with a three-set technical score (2–0, 0–1, 1–4), and a classification point score of 1–3.

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NBC Olympics Profile
* 1986 births Living people Belarusian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Belarus Sportspeople from Gomel Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Belarus World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Champions {{Belarus-wrestling-bio-stub