Ihar Boki


Belarus

Belarus
Data | Value |
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Impairment Information | |
Type of Impairment | Vision impairment |
Origin of Impairment | Congenital |
Classification | S13, SB13, SM13 |
Further Personal Information | |
Family | Wife Marina Nazarchuk |
Residence | Minsk, BLR |
Languages | Russian |
Higher education | Law - Belarusian State University: Minsk, BLR |
Sport Specific Information | |
When and where did you begin this sport? | He began swimming in 2000 at age six. |
Why this sport? | His mother enrolled him in the sport. He did not like training but became enthusiastic after taking part in his first competition. |
Name of coach | Gennady Vishnyakov, BLR |
International Debut | |
Year | 2010 |
Competing for | Belarus |
General Interest | |
Nicknames | The Beast (paralympic.org, 07 Apr 2016) |
Memorable sporting achievement | Competing at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017) |
Most influential person in career | His father. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017) |
Sporting philosophy / motto | "To achieve the result, you should believe in yourself." (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017) |
Awards and honours | He was nominated for the Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award at the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards. (laureus.com, 21 Oct 2017) For his performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he received the Order of Fatherland [third degree] in Belarus. (bobruisk.by, 20 Aug 2018) In 2013 he became an Honorary Citizen of his native city Babruysk in Belarus. (bobruisk.by, 20 Aug 2018) In 2011 he received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Belarus. (paradefsport.by, 27 Dec 2019; bobruisk.by, 20 Aug 2018) |
Milestones | At the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro he took his career tally to 13 Paralympic medals, making him the most decorated Belarusian Para athlete from any sport, winter or summer, in terms of total Paralympic medals won. The six gold medals he won at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro was the most gold medals won by any athlete across all sports at the 2016 Games, and made him the most decorated Belarusian Para athlete in terms of career Paralympic gold medals, with 11 in total. (SportsDeskOnline, 27 Jul 2019) |
Ambitions | To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2019) |
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