Mikalai Zhukavets
Personal information
Full nameMikalai Yuryievich Zhukavets
Nationality Belarus
Born (1986-08-13) 13 August 1986
Minsk, Belarusian SSR
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sailing career
ClassSailboard
ClubMoshvsm[1]
CoachUladzimir Khaladzinski[1]

Mikalai Yuryievich Zhukavets (Belarusian: Мікалай Юр'евіч Жукавец; born 13 August 1986 in Minsk) is a Belarusian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class.[1][2] A two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012), he is ranked no. 34 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation. Zhukavets also trains for Moshvsm Sailing Club in Minsk under his personal coach and mentor Uladzimir Khaladzinski.[1]

Zhukavets made his debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he placed twenty-eighth out of thirty-five sailors in the men's RS:X class with a net score of 229.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Zhukavets qualified for his second Belarusian team, as a 26-year-old, in the RS:X class by receiving an automatic berth from the World Championships in Cadiz, Spain. Struggling to attain a top position in the opening series including his incomplete race on the eighth leg, Zhukavets accumulated a net score of 208 points to deliver a 27th-place finish overall in a fleet of thirty-eight windsurfers.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mikalai Zhukavets". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mikalai Zhukavets". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's RS:X". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's RS:X". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.


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