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MILESTONES in the history of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus

22 March 1991 - NOC of Belarus was established (the NOC Statute was approved, Vladimir Ryzhenkov was elected NOC President).

9 March 1992 – NOC of Belarus was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a temporary member.

21 September 1993 - NOC of Belarus was officially recognized by IOC (the 101st IOC Session in Monaco)

12-27 February1994 - participation in the XYII Olympic Winter Games (Lillehammer, Norway), for the first time as an independent team.
33 Belarusian athletes competed in 7 sports disciplines and won two silver medals:
I. Zhelezovsky - speed skating
S. Paramygina - biathlon.

19 July – 4 August 1996 - participation in the XXYI Olympiad (Atlanta, USA).
144 Belarusian athletes competed in 21 sports disciplines and won 15 medals:
Gold (1):                                                                                                                        E. Khodotovich - rowing

Silver (6):
A. Medvedev - Freestyle wrestling
A. Pavlov - Greco-Roman wrestling
S. Lishtvan - Greco-Roman wrestling
V. Dubrovshchik - discus throw
N. Sazanovich - heptathlon
I. Basinsky - shooting

Bronze (8):
V. Kaptsyukh - discus throw
V. Shcherbo - gymnastics (4 medals)
E. Zvereva - discus throw
V. Tsilent - Greco-Roman wrestling
N. Lavrinenko, A. Pankina, N. Volchek, T. Davydenko, V. Skrabatun, E. Mikulich, N. Stasyuk, M. Znak, Y. Pavlovich - rowing

15 May 1997 – members of the NOC new composition were elected. President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko was elected NOC President.
7-22 February 1998 - participation in the XYIII Winter Olympics (Nagano, Japan).
59 Belarusian athletes competed in 9 sports disciplines and won 2 bronze medals:
D. Dashinski – freestyle (aerials)
A. Aidarov - biathlon.

15 September – 1 October 2000 – participation in the XXYII Olympiad (Sydney, Australia).
134 Belarusian athletes competed in 21 sports disciplines and won 17 medals:       
Gold (3):
E. Karsten-Khodotovich - rowing
E. Zvereva - discus throw
Y. Korolchik – shot put

Silver (3):
I. Basinsky - shooting
Y. Raskina – rhythmic gymnastics
T. Ananko, T. Belan, A. Glazkova, I. Ilienkova, M. Lazuk, O. Puzhevich – rhythmic gymnastics (team competitions)

Bronze (11):
I. Astapkovich - hammer throw
I. Basinsky - shooting
D. Debelka - Greco-Roman wrestling
P. Dovgal - pentathlon
L. Evglevskaya - shooting
S. Lavrenov - weightlifting
A. Laryukov - judo
S. Martynov - shooting
G. Oleshchuk - weightlifting
N. Sazanovich - heptathlon
I. Yatchenko - discus throw

27 March 2001 - new NOC composition elected.
8 -24 February 2002 - participation in the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City (USA)                                                                                          Belarusian athletes competed in 9 sports disciplines. The bronze medal was won by Aleksei Grishin – freestyle (aerials).
13 - 28 August 2004 - participation in the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens (Greece)                                                                                                      151 Belarusian athletes competed in 23 sports disciplines and won 15 medals:
Gold (2):
1. Yulia Nesterenko - athletics (100m)
2. Igor Makarov - judo
Silver (6):
1. Anna Batyushko - weightlifting
2. Andrei Rybakov - weightlifting
3. Ekaterina Karsten - rowing
4. Viktor Zuev - boxing
5. Ivan Tikhon - athletics (hammer)
6. Magomed Aripgadzhiev - boxing
Bronze (7):
1. Irina Yatchenko - athletics (discus throw)
2. Sergei Martynov - shooting
3. Tatsiana Stukalova - weightlifting
4. Natalia Tsilinskaya - cycling
5. Viacheslav Makarenko - Greco-Roman wrestling
6. Natalia Gelakh - rowing
7. Yulia Bichik - rowing
8. Roman Petrushenko - canoe/kayak
9. Vadim Makhnev - canoe/kayak
On 25 November 2004 at the Olympic Assembly, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko was unanimously reelected President of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus, members of the NOC new composition were elected.
10 -26 February 2006 - participation in the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin (Italy)                                                                                                                        28 Belarusian athletes competed in 7 sports disciplines. The silver medal was won by Dmitri Dashinski – freestyle (aerials).
08 – 24 August 2008 – participation in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Beijing, China).
177 Belarusian athletes competed in 26 sports disciplines and won 19 medals:       
Gold (4):

1. Andrei Aryamnov – weightlifting
2. Oksana Menkova – athletics (hammer throw)
3. Andrei and Alexander Bogdanovichi - canoe/kayak (C-2)
4. Roman Petrushenko, Vadim Makhnev, Alexei Abalmasov, Artur Litvinchuk - canoe/kayak (K-4)

Silver (5):

1. Andrei Rybakov – weightlifting
2. Natalia Mikhnevich – athletics (shot put)
3. Vadim Devyatovsky – athletics (hammer throw)
4. Andrei Kravchenko – athletics (decathlon)
5. Inna Zhukova – rhythmic gymnastics

Bronze (10):
1. Nadezhda Ostapchuk - athletics (shot put)
2. Mikhail Semenov – Greco-Roman wrestling
3. Ivan Tikhon – athletics (hammer throw)
4. Anastasia Novikova – weightlifting
5. Andrei Mikhnevich - athletics (shot put)
6. Ekaterina Karsten - rowing
7. Yulia Bichik, Natalia Gelakh - rowing
8. Murad Gaidarov – Freestyle wrestling
9. Roman Petrushenko, Vadim Makhnev - canoe/kayak (K-2)
10. Ksenia Sankovich, Alina Tumilovich, Anastasia Ivankova, Zinaida Lunina, Alesya Babushkina, Glafira Martinovich – rhythmic gymnastics

Thus, since the foundation of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic  of Belarus, Belarusian athletes have participated in 8 Olympic Games – four winter and four summer editions.
77 Belarusian athletes became Olympic Champions and medalists. They won 72 Olympic medals: 10 gold, 23 silver and 39 bronze ones.

Medals won by Belarusian athletes at the Olympic Games
(since 1994)

* There are athletes who won medals at two or more Olympic Games.  
Representing the Republic of Belarus as an independent state, Belarusian athletes managed to win medals in the following 16 sports:

?	Sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Athletics	4	6	9	19
2.	Rowing	2	1	4	7
3.	Canoe/ Kayak	2	0	2	4
4.	Weightlifting	1	3	4	8
5.	Judo	1	0	1	2
6.	Rhythmic Gymnastics	0	3	1	4
7.	Shooting	0	2	4	6
8.	Greco-Roman Wrestling	0	2	4	6
9.	Boxing	0	2	0	2
10.	Biathlon	0	1	1	2
11.	Speed skating	0	1	0	1
12.	Freestyle Wrestling	0	1	1	2
13.	Artistic Gymnastics	0	0	4	4
14.	Freestyle	0	1	2	3
15.	Modern Pentathlon	0	0	1	1
16.	Cycling	0	0	1	1

The following Belarusian athletes won more than 1 medal for Belarus as an independent state (since 1994):

	Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	E.Karsten	2	1	1	4
2.	R.Petrushenko	1	0	2	3
3.	V.Makhnev	1	0	2	3
4.	E.Zvereva	1	0	1	2
5.	I.Basinsky	0	2	1	3
6.	A.Rybakov	0	2	0	2
7.	N.Sazanovich	0	1	1	2
8.	I.Tikhon	0	1	1		2
9.	D.Dashchinsky	0	1	1		2
10.	V.Shcherbo	0	0	4	4
11.	S.Martynov	0	0	2	2
12.	I.Yatchenko	0	0	2	2
13.	Y.Bichik	0	0	2	2
14.	N.Gelakh	0	0	2	2

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