Summer Paralympics 2008 / Participant (Belarus)

BLR

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Belarus took 35 athletes to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Ihar Fartunau . The swimmer Sergei Punko celebrated his greatest successes with one gold and two silver medals.

Participants by sport

athletics

Women

• Anna Kaniouk
• Katsiaryna Kirushchanka
• Iryna Leantsiuk
• Tamara Sivakova , 1x (discus throwing, class F12 / 13), 1x (shot put, class F12 / 13)
• Aksana Sivitskaya
• Volha Zinkevich , 1x (long jump, class F12)

Men

• Ihar Barysionak
• Yury Buchkou
• Siarhei Burdukou
• Aliaksandr Daniliuk
• Ihar Fartunau
• Siarhei Hrybanau
• Viktar Khilmonchyk
• Aliaksandr Kouzmichou
• Aliaksandr Pankou
• Ruslan Sivitski
• Aliaksandr Subota
• Aliaksandr Tryputs
• Viktar Zhukousky

Powerlifting (bench press)

Men

• Siarhei Kryvulets

Cycling

Women

• Alesia Belaichuk
• Alena Drazdova *
• Iryna Fiadotava *
• Iryna Parkhamovich

Men

• Andrei Piutsevich
• Vasili Shaptsiaboi

| * Street race of the blind

Women's individual road race class B&VI 1-3 (gold )	Women individual time trial class B&VI 1-3 (silver )
Alena Drazdova Iryna Fiadotava	Alena Drazdova Iryna Fiadotava

Wheelchair fencing

Women

• Aliona Halkina

Men

• Mikalai Bezyazychny , 1x (sword single, category B)

rowing

Women

• Lyudmila Wautschok , 1x (one 1000 meters, class A)

swim

Women

• Natallia Shavel

Men

• Uladzimir Izotau , 1x (100 meters chest, class SB13)
• Raman Makarau , 1x (100 meter butterfly, class S12)
• Sergei Punko , 1x (400 meters freestyle, class S12), 2x (100 meters chest, class SB12; 100 meters butterfly, class S12)
• Yuri Rudzenok
• Dzmitry Salei , 1x (100 meters butterfly, class S13)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
2. ↑ Paralympic.org, September 28, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )