Maksim Nedasekau

Maksim Yuryevich Nedasekau (Belarusian: Максім Юр’евіч Недасекаў; born 21 January 1998) is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the high jump.[1] He was the bronze medallist at the 2020 Olympic Games.[2] He also won the gold medals at the 2021 European Indoor Championships, 2019 European U23 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships.

Maksim Nedasekau
Nedasekau (right) on a 2021 stamp of Belarus
Personal information
Born (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998
Vitebsk, Belarus
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump
ClubDynamo
Coached byTatiana Nareiko,
Vladimir Pologov
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoHigh jump
European Indoor Championships
2021 ToruńHigh jump

In 2019, he won the silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games.[3]

His personal bests are 2.37 metres outdoors (2020 Olympic Games)[4] and 2.37 metres indoors (Toruń 2021).

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Belarus
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 8th 2.18 m
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 1st 2.33 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 6th 2.20 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 2.33 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 14th (q) 2.21 m
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 1st 2.29 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 2.33 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 1st 2.37 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 3rd 2.37 m

References
  1. Maksim Nedasekau at World Athletics
  2. Ganguly, Sudipto (1 August 2021). "Athletics-'Can we have two golds?' – Barshim, Tamberi share high jump win". Reuters. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. "Team results" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. Ganguly, Sudipto (1 August 2021). "Athletics-'Can we have two golds?' – Barshim, Tamberi share high jump win". Reuters. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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