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Andrei Mikalajevič Aramnaǔ (, born 17 April 1988) is a Belarusian
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, Olympic and World Champion.


Career

Andrei was born with six fingers on one hand, but had one removed in 2002 before his coach allowed him to train for the European Championships. He won silver in the 94 kg category at the 2006 Junior World Championships, with a total of 393 kg. At the 2007 Junior World Championships he won gold in the 105 kg category, with a total of 407 kg. Aramnau became world champion in the 105 kg category at the 2007 World Championships, with a total of 423 kg. At the
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he won the gold medal in the 105 kg category with world records in the snatch with 200 kg, in the
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with 236 kg, and with a total of 436 kg. These records have been nullified after the
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reorganized the categories. He was scheduled to compete at the
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but injured his leg in training and did not compete. He was named 2008 Belarus Athlete of the Year. He won the gold medal in the 105 kg category at the 2010 European Championships, with 420 kg in total but then had the medal stripped due to a doping violation.


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* * * * * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Barysaw Belarusian male weightlifters Belarusian people of Russian descent Doping cases in weightlifting European Weightlifting Championships medalists Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Belarus Olympic medalists in weightlifting Olympic weightlifters for Belarus Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics World record holders in Olympic weightlifting World Weightlifting Championships medalists {{Belarus-bio-stub