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Vadzim Makhneu

Vadzim Henadzevich Makhneu (Belarusian: Вадзім Генадзевіч Махнеў) or Vadim Makhnev Russian: Вадим Махнев; born 21 December 1979) is a Belarusian flatwater canoeist who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won four medals with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 2008), a silver (K-2 200m: 2012) and two bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008).

Vadzim Makhneu
Beijing K-4 1000 m team on a 2010 Belarusian stamp: Abalmasau, Piatrushenka, Litvinchuk and Makhneu (right)
Personal information
Born21 December 1979 (1979-12-21) (age 44)
Minsk, Belarus
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubDynamo Minsk
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing K-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 London K-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing K-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zagreb K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Duisburg K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Poznań K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Seville K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2003 Gainesville K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Poznań K-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Duisburg K–2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Zagreb K-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Szeged K-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Szeged K-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Moscow K-2 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Belgrade K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Belgrade K-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Zagreb K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Brandenburg K-2 500 m

Career

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In 2001, he was promoted to the senior K-4 boat and won his first senior medals at the European championships in Milan (K-4 500 m bronze and K-4 1000 m bronze). A year later, the same crew went to the world championships in Seville and took the K-4 500 m silver medal.

In 2003, Makhneu formed a K-2 partnership with Raman Piatrushenka, moving to Mozyr to work under Piatrushenka's coach Vladimir Shantarovich. In their first season together, the pair won the 500 m silver medal at the world championships in Gainesville, USA.

This decision was amply rewarded in 2005 when the Belarus K-4 500 m crew of Piatrushenka/Abalmasau/Turchyn/Makhneu were crowned first European and then world champions.

He would win nine more medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a bronze in 2006 (K-4 1000 m), two more in 2007 (K-2 200 m: gold, K-2 500 m: silver), and four golds in 2009 (K-2 200 m, K-2 500 m, K-4 200 m, K-4 1000 m), and in 2010, a gold (K-2 500 m) and a silver (K-4 1000 m).

In 2005, Makhneu married Alina, a receptionist of the hotel he had lived in while training in Mozyr.

His father, Gennady, was also a canoeist who represented the Soviet Union. He finished seventh in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

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