ALIEKSEIENKO Oleksandr

Israel
Athletics
16 Nov 1983
37
Male
F34
KARMIEL
 
Israel

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's Shot Put - F34 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Seated Shot Put
Men's Shot Put - F34 Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
World Championships
4Men's Discus Throw F342015Doha, QAT27.75
6Javelin Throw - F342015Doha, QAT22.15
11Shot Put - F342019Dubai, UAE8.47
12Shot Put - F342015Doha, QAT8.16
13Javelin Throw - F342019Dubai, UAE20.10
European Championships
3Javelin Throw - F342018Berlin, GER21.88
3Shot Put - F342018Berlin, GER8.56
6Shot Put - F342021Bydgoszcz, POL9.09
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Needlework. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2019)
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Trade - Miscellaneous - University of Luhansk, Ukraine
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Wife Ekaterina, one child
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Hebrew, Russian, Ukrainian
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2014 for Ukraine, European Championships in Swansea, Great Britain (Athlete, 08 Nov 2019)
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He began training in September 2002 in Luhansk, Ukraine. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015, 08 Nov 2019)
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He was inspired to take up the sport after seeing other athletes with an impairment training and competing. He initially started running, but since he had weak knee joints his coach advised him to switch to throwing events. "Sport helped me recover, and I knew that I was good at what I was doing. Training helped me tune in to a positive mood. At the age of 17, I could already start training professionally, and this strengthened me even more, because before that I weighed only 40 kilograms. And most importantly, the results followed." (kp.ua, 07 Dec 2015; vesty.co.il, 09 Jun 2018)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 29 Jun 2018; vesty.co.il, 09 Jun 2018)
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Winning a gold and a bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships in Swansea, Wales. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2018, 08 Nov 2019)
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Soviet hammer thrower Yuriy Sedykh. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)
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Coach Alexei Boguslavski. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2018)
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"Don't step back and don't surrender." (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)
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He was the flag bearer for Israel at the opening ceremony of the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (IPC, 20 Aug 2018)

He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Ukraine. (34.ua, 02 Dec 2015)

General Interest

Classification
F34 (IPC, 10 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
Immediately after he was born he was diagnosed with infantile cerebral palsy. At age six he then contracted polio, which weakened his bones and muscles. (vesty.co.il, 09 Jun 2018; 34.ua, 02 Dec 2015; Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

General
GIFTED WHEELCHAIR
In 2018 he mentioned in an interview with Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth that he needed a new wheelchair to compete in, but could not afford one. After reading the story, Israeli radio host Nathan Zehavi announced on air that he was gifting him a new chair. "I brought a chair from Ukraine [to Israel]. It was made specially for me, but it was already old and falling apart. And with such a chair, I may not have been able to compete. The new one cost 1800 Euros, and I don't have that kind of money." (vesty.co.il, 09 Jun 2018)

REPRESENTING ISRAEL
He represented Ukraine until 2018, when he switched to compete for Israel having moved there in 2017. (Athlete, 29 Jun 2018, 22 Oct 2015; vesty.co.il, 11 Aug 2019)

EARLY DAYS
When he was age 12 his parents were killed in a car accident, and he was sent to an orphanage in Luhansk, Ukraine. At first he studied in a regular school before he was transferred to a special boarding school. He then studied shoe making, and later found employment as an orthopaedic footwear designer. (vesty.co.il, 09 Jun 2018; Athlete, 29 Jun 2018, 19 Aug 2018; kp.ua, 07 Dec 2015)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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