Aliaksandr Tryputs

Aliaksandr Tryputs
Tryputs at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Born21 May 1982 (1982-05-21) (age 42)
Grodno, Belarus[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Disability classF12, F54
Event(s)Javelin throw, pentathlon
Coached byValery Orlov (2006–2013)
Sergey Gribanov (2013–2017)
Aliaksandr Barkun (2017–)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Javelin F12
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Javelin F12
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Pentathlon P13
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio Javelin F53/54
IPC Athletics European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Grosseto Javelin F54
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin Javelin F54

Aliaksandr Tryputs (Belarusian: Аляксандр Часлававіч Трыпуць; born 21 May 1982, in Grodno) is a wheelchair athlete from Belarus who specializes in throwing events and pentathlon.

Tryputs on a 2016 stamp of Belarus

Career

Tryputs took up athletics in 1994 in Grodno.[2]

He competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2016 Paralympics and won four medals: a gold, a silver and a bronze in the javelin throw (2004, 2000 and 2016,[3] respectively) and a silver in the pentathlon in 2004. He placed fourth in the pentathlon in 2000 and fifth in the javelin in 2008. He served as the flag bearer for Belarus at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "TRYPUTS Aliaksandr". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Aliaksandr Tryputs". paralympic.org.
  3. ^ "Aliaksandr Tryputs". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016.


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