Vadzim Mikalayevich Straltsou ( be, Вадзім Мікалаевіч Стральцоў;

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: Vadzim Mikałajevič Stralcoŭ; born 30 April 1986) is a Belarusian

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. Competing in men's 94 kg, he is the 2015 World champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist.

Career

In 2006, Straltsou dominated the 85 kg class by winning the gold medal at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in

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. He took bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Chiang Mai. Straltsou represented Belarus at the

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, competing in the men's light heavyweight category along with his compatriot

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, who eventually won the silver medal. He did not finish the event, after failing to lift a snatch of 170 kg in three attempts. Competing in men's 94 kg, Straltsou won gold at the 2015 World Championships in Houston. He was awarded the silver medal in the men's -94 kg event at the

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References

External links

NBC Olympics Profile
Belarusian male weightlifters 1986 births Living people World Weightlifting Championships medalists Olympic weightlifters for Belarus Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mogilev Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Belarus Olympic medalists in weightlifting European Weightlifting Championships medalists {{Belarus-weightlifting-bio-stub