Aleksey Lesnichiy (also ''Aliaksei Liasnichy'', ; born 3 February 1978) is a retired Belarusian high jumper. Lesnichiy was selected to compete for the

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ian squad in the men's high jump at the

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, but his participation had been abruptly outweighed with a doping failure for testing positive on

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, which resulted to his impending expulsion from the Games. During his athletic career, Lesnichiy cleared a height at 2.30 m to establish his own personal best from the 2003 Belarusian Athletics Meet in

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. Lesnichiy qualified for the Belarusian squad in the men's high jump at the

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, by passing the exact Olympic A-height and registering his own personal best of 2.30 m from the national athletics meet in

. Lesnichiy crashed out of the qualifying round without attaining a mark against his name after failing to clear a height of 2.10 m in all three attempts. On August 24, 2004, four days after his high jump competition, Lesnichiy tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid

, and was formally expelled from the Games by the

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* 1978 births Living people Belarusian male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Belarus Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Novopolotsk Athletes from Vitebsk region Doping cases in athletics Belarusian sportspeople in doping cases {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub