Athletes

Ihar Boki

Belarus Para swimming 28 June 1994

Belarus

Male swimmer in water competing in butterfly stroke

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Human Interest
Data	Value
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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