Aliaksandr Tryputs

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Aliaksandr Tryputs
Aliaksandr Tryputs Rio2016.jpg
Tryputs at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Born21 May 1982 (1982-05-21) (age 39)
Grodno, Belarus[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Disability classF12, F54
Event(s)Javelin throw, pentathlon
Coached byValery Orlov (2006–2013)
Sergey Gribanov (2013–2017)
Aliaksandr Barkun (2017–)[2]

Aliaksandr Tryputs (Belarusian: Аляксандр Часлававіч Трыпуць, born 21 May 1982 in Grodno) is a wheelchair athlete from Belarus who specializes in throwing events and pentathlon.

Career[]

Tryputs on a 2016 stamp of Belarus

Tryputs took up athletics in 1994 in Grodno.[2]

He competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2016 Paralympics and won four medals: a gold, a silver and a bronze in the javelin throw (2004, 2000 and 2016,[3] respectively) and a silver in the pentathlon in 2004. He placed fourth in the pentathlon in 2000 and fifth in the javelin in 2008. He served as the flag bearer for Belarus at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b TRYPUTS Aliaksandr. ipc.infostradasports.com
  2. ^ a b c Aliaksandr Tryputs. paralympic.org
  3. ^ Aliaksandr Tryputs Archived 27 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
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