Zhan Beleniuk
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Zhan Beleniuk
Zhan Beleniuk
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| Full name | Zhan Vensanovych Beleniuk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1991 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Spartak Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vitalyj Kisilisa Aleksej Dobrovolskyj Oleg Sazonov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zhan Vensanovych Beleniuk (Ukrainian: Жан Венсанович Беленюк; born 24 January 1991) is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler and politician.
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| Full name | Zhan Vensanovych Beleniuk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1991 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Spartak Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vitalyj Kisilisa Aleksej Dobrovolskyj Oleg Sazonov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Beleniuk was born in 1991 in Kiev to a Ukrainian mother and a father from Rwanda. His father was a pilot who studied in Kiev at the National Aviation University and died during the Rwandan Civil War.
Beleniuk began wrestling in the year 2000 at 9 years of age.[1]
Career
In 2010 he won the silver medal at the Junior World Championships. In 2011, he became the Junior European Champion amongst, and won bronze at the World Championship.
In 2012, he won the bronze medal at the European Championships.
In 2013, he won bronze again at the Summer Universiade.
In 2014, he won a gold medal at the 2014 European Wrestling Championships,[2] and bronze at the World Championships.
In 2015, he won the silver medal at the first European Games in Azerbaijan.
On 10 September 2015, after winning against then the ruling World Champion and then Champion of Asia, the Uzbek Rustam Assakalov scoring 6:0, Beleniuk won gold at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in under-85 kg weight category.
In 2016, he won gold yet again at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships.
In 2016 he won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Politics
Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
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| 2007 | European Cadet Championships |  Warsaw, Poland | 2nd | Greco-Roman 76 kg |
| 2008 | European Cadet Championships |  Daugavpils, Latvia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 76 kg |
| 2010 | European Junior Championships |  Samokov, Bulgaria | 10th | Greco-Roman 84 kg |
| World Junior Championships |  Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Greco-Roman 84 kg | |
| 2011 | European Junior Championships |  Zrenjanin, Serbia | 1st | Greco-Roman 84 kg |
| World Junior Championships |  Bucharest, Romania | 2nd | Greco-Roman 84 kg | |
| 2012 | European Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 84 kg |
| 2013 | European Championships |  Tbilisi, Georgia | 8th | Greco-Roman 84 kg |
| Summer Universiade |  Kazan, Russia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 84 kg | |
| 2014 | European Championships |  Vantaa, Finland | 1st | Greco-Roman 85 kg |
| World Championships |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 3rd | Greco-Roman 85 kg | |
| 2015 | European Games |  Baku, Azerbaijan | 2nd | Greco-Roman 85 kg |
| World Championships |  Las Vegas, United States | 1st | Greco-Roman 85 kg | |
| Military World Games |  Mungyeong, South Korea | 1st | Greco-Roman 85 kg | |
| 2016 | European Championships | Riga, Latvia | 1st | Greco-Roman 85 kg |
| Olympic Games |  Rio de Janeiro, Brasil | 2nd | Greco-Roman 85 kg | |
| 2018 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
| 2019 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
| European Games |  Minsk, Belarus | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg | |
| World Championships |  Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
World/Olympic Record
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| Res. | Record | Opponent | Score | Date | Event | Location | Notes | |
2019 European Games Champion at 87kg | ||||||||
| Win | 4-0 | Islam Abbasov | 3-1 | 2019-06-30 | 2019 European Games | Minsk, Belarus | ||
| Win | 3-0 | Radzik Kuliyeu | 3-1 | 2019-06-29 | ||||
| Win | 2-0 | Arkadiusz Kułynycz | 9-1 | |||||
| Win | 1-0 |  Maksim Manukyan | 5-1 | |||||
| 2019 European Championat 87kg | ||||||||
| Win | 4-0 | Islam Abbasov | 5-1 | 2019-04-13 | 2019 European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Win | 3-0 |  Eividas Stankevičius | 5-1 | 2019-04-12 | ||||
| Win | 2-0 | Erik Szilvássy | 3-1 | |||||
| Win | 1-0 |  Ivan Huklek | 6-1 | |||||
2018 UWW world at 87kg | ||||||||
| Loss | 4-1 |  Metehan Başar | 1-2 | 2018-10-27 | 2018 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Win | 4-0 | Islam Abbasov | 5-1 | 2018-10-26 | ||||
| Win | 3-0 |  Hossein Nouri | 4-2 | |||||
| Win | 2-0 | Artur Shahinyan | 4-1 | |||||
| Win | 1-0 | Eividas Stankevičius | 4-2 | |||||
| 2016 Olympicat 85kg | ||||||||
| Loss | 3-1 | Davit Chakvetadze | 2-9 | 2016-08-15 | 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Win | 3-0 | Javid Hamzatau | 6-0 | |||||
| Win | 2-0 | Nikolay Bayryakov | 10-1 | |||||
| Win | 1-0 |  Ahmed Othman | 9-0 | |||||
| 2016 European Championat 85kg | ||||||||
| Win | 4-0 | Roberti Kobliashvili | 5-2 | 2016-03-13 | European Championships | Riga, Latvia | ||
| Win | 3-0 | Laimutis Adomaitis | 2-1 | |||||
| Win | 2-0 |  Denis Kudla | 6-1 | |||||
| Win | 1-0 |  Kristofer Johansson | 5-0 | |||||
| 2015 UWW worldat 85kg | ||||||||
| Win | 6-0 | Rustam Assakalov | 6-0 | 2015-09-09 | 2015 World Championships | Las Vegas, NV | ||
| Win | 5-0 | Saman Tahmasebi | 3-1 | |||||
| Win | 4-0 | Damian Janikowski | 2-1 | |||||
| Win | 3-0 | Viktor Lőrincz | 3-1 | |||||
| Win | 2-0 | Ramsin Azizsir | 3-0 | |||||
| Win | 1-0 |  Alfonso Leyva | 6-2 | |||||
| 2015 European Gamesat 85kg | ||||||||
| Loss | 4-1 | Davit Chakvetadze | 2-3 | 2015-06-14 | 2015 European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | ||
| Win | 4-0 | Maksim Manukyan | 12-4 | |||||
| Win | 3-0 | Metehan Başar | 3-1 | |||||
| Win | 2-0 | Attila Tamas | 7-0 | |||||
| Win | 1-0 | Dejan Franjkovic | 8-0 | |||||
2014 UWW world at 85kg | ||||||||
| Win | 4-1 | Ramsin Azizsir | 3-0 | 2014-09-12 | 2014 World Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
| Loss | 3-1 | Saman Tahmasebi | 0-4 | |||||
| Win | 3-0 | Ahmed Othman | 10-1 | |||||
| Win | 2-0 |  Pablo Shorey | 6-1 | |||||
| Win | 1-0 | Rami Hietaniemi | 1-0 | |||||
| 2013 Summer Universiareat 84kg | ||||||||
| Win | 4-1 | Nursultan Tursynov | 3-1 | 2013-07-15 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | ||
| Loss | 3-1 | Maksim Manukyan | 0-5 | |||||
| Win | 3-0 | Beka Rokva | 3-1 | |||||
| Win | 2-0 | Tadeusz Michalik | 3-1 | |||||
| Win | 1-0 | Aslan Atem | 3-1 | |||||
See also
List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2019–24
References
[1]
Citation Linkua.tribuna.comBagaterenko, Anton (31 May 2014). "Жан Беленюк: "В Африке я слишком светлый, в Украине – слишком темный"" [Zhan Beleniuk: "In Africa I was too light, and in Ukraine — too dark"]. Tribuna.com (in Russian). Ukraine. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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Citation Linkfakty.ua"Жан Беленюк: "Мне не раз предлагали выступать за другие сборные, но я — украинец"". fakty.ua.
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Citation Linkwww.kyivpost.com"Zelenskiy's Servant of the People party unveils candidates for parliament". Kyiv Post.
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Citation Linken.interfax.com.uahttps://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/593353.html First hundred candidates on Servant of the People's election list: who are they?
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Citation Linkua.tribuna.com"Жан Беленюк: "В Африке я слишком светлый, в Украине – слишком темный""
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Citation Linkfakty.ua"Жан Беленюк: "Мне не раз предлагали выступать за другие сборные, но я — украинец""
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Citation Linkwww.kyivpost.com"Zelenskiy's Servant of the People party unveils candidates for parliament"
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