Marharyta Ryhorauna Makhneva, née Tsishkevich, be, Маргарыта Рыгораўна Махнева (Цішкевіч);

Łacinka The Belarusian Latin alphabet or Łacinka (from be, лацінка or łacinka, BGN/PCGN: ''Latsinka'', ) for the Latin script in general is the common name for writing Belarusian using Latin script. It is similar to the Sorbian alphabet a ...

: Marharyta Ryhoraŭna Machnieva (Ciškievič); born 13 February 1992) is a Belarusian

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

. She won two gold medals at the 2015 World Championships (K-2 200 m and K-4 500 m) and the bronze medal in Women's K-4 500 metres at the

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. She won a silver medal at the

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, in Women's K-4 500 metres.

Career

Tsishkevich represented

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at the

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, where she competed only in two individual sprint kayak events. For her first event, the women's K-1 500 metres, she advanced directly into the semi-final rounds, after placing sixth in the heats, with a time of 2:01.216. She was disqualified from the second semi-final race for breaking the four-metre "centre-lane" rule. In the first ever women's K-1 200 metres, Tsishkevich repeated her last-place finish in the same heat by approximately twenty-one hundredths of a second (0.21) behind Denmark's

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, clocking at 43.033 seconds. At the

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, Makhneva won bronze in the women's K-4 500 metres with

Volha Khudzenka Volha Khudzenka ( be, Вольга Сяргееўна Худзенка; Łacinka: Volha Siarhiejeŭna Chudzienka; born 12 May 1992) is a Belarusian Sprint kayak, sprint canoeist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she won a bronze medal in t ...

, Nadzeya Liapeshka, and

Maryna Litvinchuk Maryna Viktarauna Litvinchuk, née Pautaran/Poltoran ( be, Марына Віктараўна Літвінчук (Паўтаран); Łacinka: Maryna Viktaraŭna Litvinčuk, born 12 March 1988) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist. At the 2012 Sum ...

References

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NBC Olympics Profile
1992 births Belarusian female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Belarus Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Khoiniki District Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Belarus Olympic bronze medalists for Belarus Olympic medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games Canoeists at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in canoeing European Games gold medalists for Belarus European Games silver medalists for Belarus Universiade medalists in canoeing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Belarus Universiade silver medalists for Belarus ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Gomel Region {{Belarus-canoe-bio-stub