Maksim Nedasekau

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.

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
Event(s)High 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

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. 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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