Vadzim Makhneu

Beijing K-4 1000 m team on a 2010 Belarusian stamp: Abalmasau, Piatrushenka, Litvinchuk and Makhneu (right)
Personal information
Born	21 December 1979 (1979-12-21) (age 45) Minsk,Belarus
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Dynamo Minsk
Medal record Representing Belarus Olympic Games 2008 Beijing K-4 1000 m 2012 London K-2 200 m 2004 Athens K-2 500 m 2008 Beijing K-2 500 m World Championships 2005 Zagreb K-4 500 m 2007 Duisburg K-2 200 m 2009 Dartmouth K-2 200 m 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m 2009 Dartmouth K-4 1000 m 2010 Poznań K-2 500 m 2002 Seville K-4 500 m 2003 Gainesville K-2 500 m 2007 Duisburg K-2 500 m 2010 Poznań K-4 1000 m 2013 Duisburg K–2 500 m 2005 Zagreb K-4 200 m 2006 Szeged K-4 1000 m 2011 Szeged K-2 200 m 2014 Moscow K-2 500 m European Championships 2011 Belgrade K-2 500 m 2011 Belgrade K-2 200 m 2012 Zagreb K-2 500 m 2014 Brandenburg K-2 500 m

Vadzim Henadzevich Makhneu (Belarusian:Вадзім Генадзевіч Махнеў) orVadim MakhnevRussian:Вадим Махнев; born 21 December 1979) is a Belarusianflatwater canoeist who has competed since 2000. Competing in threeSummer 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 inMilan (K-4 500 m bronze and K-4 1000 m bronze). A year later, the same crew went to theworld championships inSeville and took the K-4 500 m silver medal.

In 2003, Makhneu formed a K-2 partnership withRaman Piatrushenka, moving toMozyr to work under Piatrushenka's coachVladimir Shantarovich. In their first season together, the pair won the 500 m silver medal at theworld championships inGainesville, 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 thenworld champions.

He would win nine more medals at theICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a bronze in2006 (K-4 1000 m), two more in2007 (K-2 200 m: gold, K-2 500 m: silver), and four golds in2009 (K-2 200 m, K-2 500 m, K-4 200 m, K-4 1000 m), and in2010, 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 theSoviet Union. He finished seventh in theK-4 1000 m event at the1980 Summer Olympics inMoscow.

• Canoe09.ca profile
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint).CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at theWayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives:BCU.org.uk.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines.CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 atWebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives:BCU.org.uk.
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• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill; et al."Vadim Makhnyov".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC. Archived fromthe original on 17 April 2020.

• Vadzim Makhneu atOlympedia
• Vadzim Makhneu atOlympics.com

• 1979 births
• Belarusian male canoeists
• Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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• ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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