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
EventHigh jump
ClubDynamo
Coached byTatiana Nareiko,
Vladimir Pologov
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoHigh jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 ToruńHigh jump

Maksim Yuryevich Nedasekau (Belarusian: Максім Юр’евіч Недасекаў; born 21 January 1998) is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the high jump[1] and praporshchik of the Sports Committee of the Armed Forces of Belarus.[2] He was the bronze medallist at the 2020 Olympic Games.[3] He also won the gold medals at the 2021 European Indoor Championships, 2019 European U23 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships.

In 2019, he won the silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games.[4]

His personal bests are 2.37 metres outdoors (2020 Olympic Games)[5] 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

Politics

Nedasekau supports Alexander Lukashenko.[6] In 2020, he condemned the protests[7] and signed an open letter of the pro-government sportsmen.[8] Nedasekau actively participates in children training in military-patriotic camps.[2]

In April 2023, Nedasekau was blacklisted by Ukraine.[9]

In July 2023, Nedasekau said in an interview that "Ukraine is conducting hostilities, people are dying, and their athletes are competing and rejoicing. What do I mean? They like to accuse us of competing, smiling, but there are fightings over there. Although, I would like to note, Belarus does not participate in the SMO.[10] We are Union State with Russia, and therefore we provide support. But this is natural and normal, as it should be. But is it normal that the athletes of a country that is at war calmly participate in commercial competitions, earn money and have fun when their compatriots are fighting at the front?"[2]

References

  1. ↑ Maksim Nedasekau at World Athletics
  2. 1 2 3 Канащиц, Сергей (15 July 2023). "Максим Недосеков откровенно о смерти тренера, СВО, позиции украинских спортсменов и личной жизни". www.sb.by. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Ganguly, Sudipto (1 August 2021). "Athletics-'Can we have two golds?' – Barshim, Tamberi share high jump win" (in Russian). Reuters. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Team results" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Ganguly, Sudipto (1 August 2021). "Athletics-'Can we have two golds?' – Barshim, Tamberi share high jump win". Reuters. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Максим Недосеков: Я очень горд, что он — наш президент. Это его место. Я уверен по тому, как он относится к спортсменам, к людям. Он знает, что делать" (in Russian). Прессбол. Archived from the original on 2021-08-11.
  7. ↑ "Летние виды. Максим Недосеков: я представляю не народ, а флаг и гимн. И тех людей, которые меня готовят. Остальные меня не волнуют" (in Russian). Прессбол. 2020-12-19.
  8. ↑ "Подписи" (in Russian). Открытое обращение спортивной общественности Беларуси. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  9. ↑ "Nedosekov Maksim". National Agency for Prevention of Corruption.
  10. ↑ Special military operation, the term used by Russian propaganda to denote Russian invasion of Ukraine originating from Putin's speech "On conducting a special military operation"


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