Aleksandr Blyshchyk (Олександр Блищик, born ) is a Soviet and later Ukrainian male former

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

, who competed in the light heavyweight class and represented Soviet Union at international competitions. He won the silver medal at the

1991 World Weightlifting Championships The 1991 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Donaueschingen, Germany from September 27 to October 6, 1991. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and S ...

in the 82.5 kg category. He participated at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in the 83 kg event.

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* 1966 births Living people Soviet male weightlifters Ukrainian male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic weightlifters for Ukraine Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Ukraine-weightlifting-bio-stub