Stanislau Zhurauliou ( be, Станіслаў Жураўлёў; born April 14, 1988, in
Homel
Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census).
Etymology
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) is a
modern pentathlete
The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...
from Belarus.
He competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London, England
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, where he finished sixteenth in the
men's event, with a score of 5,648 points.
Zhurauliou also won a silver medal at the 2012 UIPM World Cup in
Rostov-on-Don,
Russia
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. He currently works as a firefighter in a local department.
References
External links
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archived page from Pentathlon.org
1988 births
Living people
Belarusian male modern pentathletes
Olympic modern pentathletes for Belarus
Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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