Andrei Paulavich Chekhauskoi ( be, Андрэй Паўлавіч чэхаўскай; born April 7, 1979) is a retired amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category. Standing at tall and weighing at exactly 120 kg, Chekhauskoi offered a chance to claim a spot at the very last minute to represent his nation
Belarus
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at the
2004 Summer Olympics. He also trained as a member of the Greco-Roman wrestling team for
SKA Minsk
SKA Minsk is a team handball club from Minsk, Belarus. SKA Minsk competes in the Belarusian First League of Handball.
Accomplishments National competitions
* Belarusian First League of Handball:
**Champion (10): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997. ...
, under his personal coach Uladzimir Primak.
Chekhauskoi qualified for the Belarusian squad in the
men's super heavyweight class (120 kg) at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, by receiving an allocated place from the
International Wrestling Federation
The International Wrestling Federation (IWF, also known as Killer Kowalski's All-Stars) was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the New England area of the United States from 1979 to 1996, when it was run by Killer Kowalski. Th ...
(french: Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées, FILA). Chekhauskoi suffered through a vulnerable game plan as he was immediately overpowered by Czech Republic's
David Vála and could not recover his from after losing out to Russian wrestler and 2003 world champion
Khasan Baroyev on his second bout, finishing third in the prelim pool and eighteenth in the overall rankings without acquiring a single point.
References
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1979 births
Living people
Belarusian male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Belarus
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Minsk
20th-century Belarusian people
21st-century Belarusian people
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