30 Notable alumni of
Belarusian State University of Physical Culture
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The Belarusian State University of Physical Culture is 1572nd in the world, 542nd in Europe, and 5th in Belarus by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 30 notable alumni from the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Aleksandr Medved
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- coachathleteamateur wrestler
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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Medved was a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian freestyle wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union and was named "one of the greatest wrestlers in history" by FILA, the sport's governing body. Between 1962 and 1972 he won three Olympic gold medals, seven world and three European titles. He served as the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union in 1972, for Belarus in 2004 and recited the Judge's Oath at the Opening Ceremony of the 1980 Olympics.
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Ivan Edeshko
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- basketball playercoachassociation football coachbasketball coach
- Biography
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Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player and coach.
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Leonid Taranenko
- Occupations
- weightlifter
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Leonid Arkadevich Taranenko is a former Soviet/Belarusian weightlifter and coach. His 266 kg clean and jerk in 1988 was the heaviest lift in competition for 33 years, until Lasha Talakhadze exceeded it, lifting 267 at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships.
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Ivan Litvinovich
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- trampoline gymnast
- Biography
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Ivan Uladzimiravich Litvinovich is a Belarusian trampoline gymnast. He represented Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the men's trampoline individual event. He again won the gold medal in the individual event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, as an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN), making him the first male trampoline athlete ever to win two gold medals in the Olympics and the only AIN to win gold. He is a three-time World champion (2019, 2021, 2025) and the 2021 European champion in the individual team event, and he is the 2019 World individual silver medalist.
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Alina Harnasko
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- rhythmic gymnast
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Alina Aliaksandraŭna Harnasko is a Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast and former junior rhythmic gymnastics group gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic all-around bronze medalist, 2021 World Championships all-around silver medalist and ribbon gold medalist, 2020 European all-around silver medalist, and twice Grand Prix final all-around silver medalist (2018 & 2020). The 2025 Summer Universiade All-Around Champion.
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Ekaterina Vandaryeva
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- Thai boxerboxer
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Ekaterina Vandaryeva is a Belarusian kickboxer who defeated future UFC champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk in a controversial judges' decision to become the WKN champion in 2011.
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Andrey Filatov
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture
- Studied in 1993
- Occupations
- businesspersonchess player
- Biography
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Andrey Vasilievich Filatov is a Russian businessman. Filatov is chairman of the Board of Directors of Tuloma investment company, and a co-owner of the Globaltrans company. In 2021, Forbes estimated his wealth at $850 million. His companies have stakes in the energy sector in Uzbekistan and Russia. Filatov is also President of the Chess Federation of Russia (from 1992 to 2018 – Russian Chess Federation).
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Maksim Nedasekau
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- high jumper
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Maksim Yuryevich Nedasekau is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the high jump and praporshchik of the Sports Committee of the Armed Forces of Belarus. He was the bronze medallist at the 2020 Olympic Games. He also won the gold medals at the 2021 European Indoor Championships, 2019 European U23 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships.
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Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova
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- long jumperathletics competitor
- Biography
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Nastassia Siarheyeuna Mironchyk-Ivanova, née Mironchyk, is a Belarusian long jumper. In 2011, she became known for missing the World Championships gold medal because of her hair style. Her pony-tail left a mark in the sand well behind her body's 6.90 m mark.
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Hanna Huskova
- Enrolled in the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture
- Studied in 2020
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Hanna Andreyevna Huskova is a Belarusian freestyle skier specializing in aerials.
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Aleksandr Tuchkin
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- handball player
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Aleksandr Arkadyevich Tuchkin is a Russian/Belarusian team handball player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney and 1988 in Seoul. He received a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the Russian national team.
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Sergei Borovsky
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- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Sergei Vladimirovich Borovsky is a football coach and former player.
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Ivan Ivankov
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Ivankov is a retired Belarusian artistic gymnast. Ivankov; a very big name in the gymnastics world, which he earned throughout years of competition and hard work. The 1994 and 1997 all-around World Champion, and the 1994 and 1996 all-around European Champion, Ivankov has competed for over a decade on the international circuit. Despite his numerous achievements at the World Championships, Europeans and other events, Ivankov has suffered a string of misfortunes at the Olympics, and has never won an Olympic medal. He had to share a third place with another competitor, after which, the bronze Olympic medal wasn’t given to him.
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Alexandr Romankov
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- fencer
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Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov is a former Belarusian fencer from the former Soviet Union, who was born on 7 November 1953 in the town of Korsakov on the island of Sakhalin (just north of Japan). He trained at Dynamo in Minsk and won a gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals at the three Olympic Games that he competed in between 1976 and 1988 ).
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Yuri Shevtsov
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- handball coachhandball player
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Yuri Anatolyevich Shevtsov is a Belarusian former handball player and coach.
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Igor' Hriščuk
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- basketball playerbasketball coachassociation football player
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Igor Griszczuk is a Belarusian-Polish retired basketball player and current coach. Born in Minsk, he had a long career in Russia and Poland. His jersey number 12 was retired by Włocławek.
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Natallia Tsylinskaya
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- sport cyclistsporting director
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Natallia Tsylinskaya is a former international cyclist who specialised in track sprinting. Tsylinskaya is an eight-time World Champion and an Olympic bronze medalist. She now serves as the chairwoman of the Belarusian Cycling Federation and a state coach for the National Olympic Training Center for cycling.
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Mikhail Yakimovich
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- handball player
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Mikhail Ivanovich Yakimovich is a former Belarusian handball player. Throughout his senior career, Yakimovich played for SKA Minsk in the Soviet Union/Belarus, and later for Teka Cantabria and Portland San Antonio in Spain. Besides numerous other achievements, he won the EHF Champions League with all the three teams.
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Vladimir Parfenovich
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- kayakercanoeistpolitician
- Biography
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Parfenovich is a Belarusian retired sprint canoer and politician.
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Vladimir Zubkov
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- amateur wrestler
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Vladimir Anatolievich Zubkov is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from Russia. He won the world light-flyweight title in 1971 and 1973–1975, placing second in 1970, and competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach, and is currently training the Austrian national team.
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Hanna Prakhatsen
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- rower
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Hanna Vitalyevna Prakatsen is a Belarusian-born rower. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Since 2023, she has represented Uzbekistan as Anna Prakaten. She competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics representing Uzbekistan.
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Sergei Makarenko
- Occupations
- kayakercanoeist
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Sergei Lavrentyevich Makarenko is a retired Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. Together with Leonid Geishtor he won the C-2 1,000 m event at the 1960 Olympics and the 1963 World Championships.
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Mikhail Krivonosov
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- hammer throwerathletics competitor
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Mikhail Petrovich Krivonosov was a Belarusian hammer thrower. He competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1956, 18 cm behind the first place. He earned another silver medal at the 1958 European Championships, and won the European title in 1954.
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Oleg Logvin
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- sport cyclist
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Oleg Nikolayevich Logvin is a retired Soviet cyclist who specialized in road racing. He was part of the Soviet team that won the time trial event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver and a bronze medal in the team time trial at the 1981 and 1982 UCI Road World Championships.
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Liubou Bialova
- Occupations
- powerlifter
- Biography
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Liubou Bialova is a Belarusian weightlifter.
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Artsiom Kozyr
- Occupations
- canoeist
- Biography
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Artsem Kozyr is a Belarusian sprint canoeist. He participated at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
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Aliaksandr Tryputs
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- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Aliaksandr Tryputs is a wheelchair athlete from Belarus who specializes in throwing events and pentathlon.
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Ekaterina Avkhimovich
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- association football playerfutsal player
- Biography
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Ekaterina Avkhimovich is a Belarusian football striker currently playing for Bobruichanka in the Belarusian Premier League. She previously played in the Russian Championship for Ryazan VDV and in the Belarusian Premier League for FC Minsk and Zorka-BDU Minsk, with both she also played the Champions League.
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Yahor Shchalkanau
- Occupations
- para swimmer
- Biography
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Yahor Shchalkanau is a Belarusian Paralympic swimmer. He won a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke S9 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
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Julia Ivonchyk
- Occupations
- acrobatic gymnast
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Julia Ivonchyk is a Belarusian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Angelina Sandovich and Yuliya Ramanenka, Kovalenko achieved 5th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
