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Andrei Rybakou

Andrei Rybakou
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Rybakou in 2011
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens -85 kg
Disqualified 2008 Beijing -85 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Santo Domingo -85 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Chiang Mai -85 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Władysławowo -85 kg

Andrei Rybakou (Belarusian: Андрэй Анатолевіч Рыбакоў) (born March 4, 1982 in Mogilev, Belarussian SSR) is a Belarusian weightlifter.

Rybakou won silver medals in men's 85 kg at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, setting a world record at the 2008 Olympics.

In April 2006, he won the European Championship. Later that year, during the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships he was crowned as the World Champion in the 85 kg category.

He won the gold medal in the 85 kg category again at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships, setting a world record with a 187 kg snatch.

In 2016, he was stripped of his 2008 Olympic medal after a retest of his doping sample tested positive for steroids.



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