Вадим Махнев: Белорусский каноист және төрт дүркін олимпиада жеңімпазы

Belarusian canoeist (born 1979)

Vadzim Henadzevich Makhneu or Vadim Makhnev 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).

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.