Zhan Beleniuk
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Zhan Vensanovych Beleniuk |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Born |
24 January 1991 Kiev, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman |
| Club | Spartak Kiev |
| Coached by |
Vitalyj Kisilisa Aleksej Dobrovolskyj Oleg Sazonov |
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Zhan Vensanovych Beleniuk (Ukrainian: Жан Венсанович Беленюк; born 24 January 1991) is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler.
Early life
Beleniuk was born in 1991 in Kiev to Ukrainian mother and father from Rwanda. His father who studied in Kiev on pilot at the National Aviation University died during the Rwandan Civil War.
Beleniuk began wrestling in the year 2000 at 9 years of age.[1]
Career
In 2010 he won the silver medal at the Junior World Championships. In 2011, he became the Junior European Champion amongst, and won bronze at the World Championship.
In 2012, he won the bronze medal at European Championships.
In 2013, he won bronze again at the Summer Universiade.
In 2014, he won a gold medal at the 2014 European Wrestling Championships,[2] and bronze at the World Championships.
In 2015, he won the silver medal at the European Games.
On 10 September 2015, after winning against then the ruling World Champion and then Champion of Asia, the Uzbek Rustam Assakalov scoring 6:0, Beleniuk won gold at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in under-85 kg weight category.
In 2016, he won gold yet again at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships.
In 2016 he won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
World/Olympic Record
References
- ↑ Bagaterenko, Anton (31 May 2014). "Жан Беленюк: "В Африке я слишком светлый, в Украине – слишком темный"" [Zhan Beleniuk: "In Africa I was too light, and in Ukraine — too dark"]. Tribuna.com (in Russian). Ukraine. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ↑ "Жан Беленюк: "Мне не раз предлагали выступать за другие сборные, но я — украинец"". fakty.ua.