Vadzim Straltsou

Vadzim Mikalayevich Straltsou (Belarusian: Вадзім Мікалаевіч Стральцоў; Łacinka: Vadzim Mikałajevič Stralcoŭ; born 30 April 1986) is a Belarusian weightlifter.^[1] Competing in men's 94 kg, he is the 2015 World champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist.

Vadzim Straltsou

Vadzim Straltsou at 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Belarusian
Born	(1986-04-30) 30 April 1986 (age 39) Mogilev, Belarus
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Country	Belarus
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	–85 kg, -94 kg
Club	Dynamo Mahilyow
Medal record Summer Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro -94 kg World Championships 2015 Houston –94 kg 2007 Chiang Mai –85 kg 2014 Almaty –94 kg European Championships 2007 Strasbourg –85 kg 2019 Batumi –102 kg

Career

In 2006, Straltsou dominated the 85 kg class by winning the gold medal at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Hangzhou, China.^[2] He took bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Chiang Mai.

Straltsou represented Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing in the men's light heavyweight category along with his compatriot Andrei Rybakou, who eventually won the silver medal. He did not finish the event, after failing to lift a snatch of 170 kg in three attempts.^[3]

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 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[4]