Vitaly Vyacheslavovich Derbenev ( Belorussian. Vitaliy Dzerbyany ; born August 5, 1976 , Mogilev , Belorussian SSR ) - Belarusian weightlifter , multiple champion of Belarus, four-time European champion (2002, 2003, 2006, 2010), participant in the Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008 ) Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus (2004).
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| A country |  USSR →  Belarus |
| Specialization | Weightlifting |
| Date of Birth | August 5, 1976 (aged 43) |
| Place of Birth | Mogilev , Belarusian SSR , USSR |
| Trainers | Anatoly Leonidovich Lobachev |
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Biography
Vitaly Derbenev was born on August 5, 1976 in Mogilev.
He was engaged in weightlifting under the leadership of Anatoly Lobachev . [1] In 1996, he was the silver medalist of the World Junior Championship, after which he began to be involved in the national team of Belarus. In 2000, he participated in the Olympic Games in Sydney , where he took 7th place.
Throughout the 2000s, he was one of the leading flyweight athletes not only in Belarus, but also in Europe. In 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2007 he became the winner of the European Championships , and in 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2010 he won the title of champion of the continent. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he was close to getting a medal, but, having shown the same result with bronze medalist Sedat Artuch ( Turkey ), lost to him in his own weight and remained fourth.
In 2011, due to problems with weight loss and chronic shoulder injury, he decided to end his sports career [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Anatoly Lobachev became an honorary citizen of Mogilev
- ↑ Vitaly Derbenev: Never lose heart (inaccessible link)
Literature
- Pashkov G. Sports Encyclopedia of Belarus. - Minsk: “Belarusian Entsyklapedyya” named after Petrus Brovka, 2005. - P. 176. - 504 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 985-11-0309-8 .
Links
- Vitaly Derbenev - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Profile on the portal of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee