Vadzim Makhneu

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing K-4 1000 m
Bronze 2004 Athens K-2 500 m
Bronze 2008 Beijing K-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold 2005 Zagreb K-4 500 m
Gold 2007 Duisburg K-2 200 m
Gold 2009 Dartmouth K-2 200 m
Gold 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
Gold 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m
Gold 2009 Dartmouth K-4 1000 m
Gold 2010 Poznań K-2 500 m
Silver 2002 Seville K-4 500 m
Silver 2003 Gainesville K-2 500 m
Silver 2007 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Silver 2010 Poznań K-4 1000 m
Bronze 2005 Zagreb K-4 200 m
Bronze 2006 Szeged K-4 1000 m
Bronze 2011 Szeged K-2 200 m
European Championships
Gold 2011 Belgrade K-2 500 m
Silver 2011 Belgrade K-2 200 m

Vadzim Makhneu or Vadim Makhnev (Belarusian: Вадзім Махнеў; Russian: Вадим Махнев) (born December 21, 1979 in Minsk) is a Belarusian flatwater canoer who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three medals with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 2008) and two bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008).

Makhneu never represented Belarus as a junior but won four European championship gold medals for his country at under-23 level as a member of the K-4 crew.

In 2001 he was promoted to the senior K-4 boat and won his first senior medals at the European championships in Milan (K-4 500 m bronze and K-4 1000 m bronze). A year later the same crew went to the world championships in Seville and took the K-4 500 m silver medal.

In 2003, Makhneu formed a K-2 partnership with Raman Piatrushenka, moving to Mozyr to work under Piatrushenka's coach Vladimir Shantarovich. In their first season together the pair won the 500 m silver medal at the world championships in Gainesville, USA.

Both men were still competing in the K-4 as well and had won another 500 m European medal, this time silver, in 2004.

This decision was amply rewarded in 2005 when the Belarus K-4 500 m crew of Piatrushenka/Abalmasau/Turchyn/Makhneu were crowned first European and then world champions.

He would win nine more medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a bronze in 2006 (K-4 1000 m), two more in 2007 (K-2 200 m: gold, K-2 500 m: silver), and four golds in 2009 (K-2 200 m, K-2 500 m, K-4 200 m, K-4 1000 m), and in 2010, a gold (K-2 500 m) and a silver (K-4 1000 m).

Makhneu is 195 cm (6'5") tall and weighs 91 kg (200 lbs). In 2005 he secretly married Alina, the receptionist of the hotel he had lived in while training in Mozyr.

His father, Gennady, finished seventh for the Soviet Union in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

References

1964: Soviet Union (Nikolai Chuzhikov, Anatoli Grishin, Vyacheslav Ionov, Volodymyr Morozov) • 1968: Norway (Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger, Egil Søby, Jan Johansen) • 1972: Soviet Union (Yuri Filatov, Yuri Stetsenko, Volodymyr Morozov, Valeri Didenko) • 1976: Soviet Union (Sergei Chukhray, Aleksandr Degtyarev, Yuri Filatov, Volodymyr Morozov) • 1980: East Germany (Rüdiger Helm, Bernd Olbricht, Harald Marg, Bernd Duvigneau) • 1984: New Zealand (Grant Bramwell, Ian Ferguson, Paul MacDonald, Alan Thompson) • 1988: Hungary (Zsolt Gyulay, Ferenc Csipes, Sándor Hódosi, Attila Ábrahám) • 1992: Germany (Mario Von Appen, Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, André Wohllebe) • 1996: Germany (Thomas Reineck, Olaf Winter, Detlef Hofmann, Mark Zabel) • 2000 – 2004: Hungary (Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Horváth) • 2008: Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadzim Makhneu)
1994: Poland (Maciej Freimut & Adam Wysocki) * 1995: United States (Stein Jorgensen & John Mooney) * 1997: Hungary (Vince Fehérvári & Róbert Hegedűs) * 1998: Hungary (Vince Fehérvári & Róbert Hegedűs) * 1999: Hungary (Vince Fehérvári & Róbert Hegedűs) * 2001: Lithuania (Alvydas Duonėla & Egidijus Balčiūnas) * 2002: Lithuania (Alvydas Duonėla & Egidijus Balčiūnas) * 2003: Lithuania (Alvydas Duonėla & Egidijus Balčiūnas) * 2005: Serbia and Montenegro (Dragan Zorić & Ognjen Filipović) * 2006: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter) * 2007: Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka & Vadzim Makhneu) * 2009: Belarus (Vadzim Makhneu & Raman Piatrushenka) * 2010: France (Arnaud Hybois & Sébastien Jouve) * 2011: France (Arnaud Hybois & Sébastien Jouve)

1948: Finland (Thor Axelsson & Nils Björklöf) · 1950: Sweden (Lars Glasser & Ingemar Hedberg) · 1954: West Germany (Ernst Steinhauer & Meinrad Miltenberger) · 1958: Poland (Stefan Kapłaniak & Władysław Zieliński) · 1963: Romania (Vasilie Nicoarǎ & Haralambie Ivanov) · 1966: Romania (Aurel Vernescu & Atanase Sciotnic) · 1970: Sweden (Lars Andersson & Rolf Peterson) · 1971: Sweden (Lars Andersson & Rolf Peterson) · 1973: Soviet Union (Nikolay Gogol & Pytor Greshta) · 1974: Poland (Ryszard Oborski & Grzegorz Śledziewski) · 1975: Soviet Union (Viktor Vorobiyev & Nikolay Astapkovich) · 1977: East Germany (Joachim Mattern & Bernd Olbricht) · 1978: East Germany (Bernd Olbricht & Rüdiger Helm) · 1979: Soviet Union (Vladimir Parfenovich & Sergei Chukhray) · 1981: Soviet Union (Vladimir Parfenovich & Sergei Chukhray) · 1982: Soviet Union (Vladimir Parfenovich & Sergey Superata) · 1983: East Germany (Frank Fischer & André Wohllebe) · 1985: New Zealand (Alan Thompson & Paul MacDonald) · 1986: West Germany (Reiner Scholl & Thomas Pfrang) · 1987: Hungary (Ferenc Csipes & László Fidel) · 1989: East Germany (Kay Bluhm & Torsten Gutsche) · 1990: Soviet Union (Sergey Kalesnik & Anatoli Tishchenko) · 1991: Spain (Juan José Roman & Juan Manuel Sánchez) · 1993: Germany (Kay Bluhm & Torsten Gutsche) · 1994: Germany (Kay Bluhm & Torsten Gutsche) · 1995: Italy (Beniamino Bonomi & Daniele Scarpa) · 1997: Australia (Andrew Trim & Daniel Collins) · 1998: Slovakia (Michal Riszdorfer & Juraj Bača) · 1999: Poland (Marek Twardowski & Adam Wysocki) · 2001: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter) · 2002: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter) · 2003: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter) · 2005: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter) · 2006: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter) · 2007: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter) · 2009: Belarus (Vadzim Makhneu & Raman Piatrushenka) · 2010: Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka & Vadzim Makhneu) · 2011: Hungary (Dávid Tóth & Tamás Kulifai)
1994: Russia (Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Sergey Verlin, & Viktor Denisov) * 1995: Hungary (Krisztián Bártfai, Gyula Kajner, Antal Páger, & Gábor Pankotai) * 1997: Russia (Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Sergey Verlin, & Aleksandr Ivanik) * 1998: Hungary (Gyula Kajner, Vince Fehérvári, István Beé, & Róbert Hegedűs) * 1999: Hungary (Gyula Kajner, Vince Fehérvári, István Beé, & Róbert Hegedűs) * 2001: Hungary (Gyula Kajner, Vince Fehérvári, István Beé, & Róbert Hegedűs) * 2002: Slovakia (Martin Chorváth, Rastislav Kužel, Ladislav Belovič, & Juraj Lipták) * 2003: Ukraine (Oleksiy Slivinskiy, Mykhaylo Luchnik, Mykola Zaichenkov, & Andriy Borzukov) * 2005: Hungary (Viktor Kadler, István Beé, Balázs Babella, & Gergely Gyertyános) * 2006: Serbia (Milan Djenadić, Ognjen Filipović, Bora Sibinkic, & Dragan Zorić) * 2007: Hungary (Viktor Kadler, István Bée, Gergely Boros, & Balázs Babella) * 2009: Belarus (Vadzim Makhneu, Raman Piatrushenka, Dziamyan Turchyn, & Taras Valko)
1977: Poland (Ryszard Oborski, Daniel Wełna, Grzegorz Kołtan, & Henryk Budzicz) * 1978: East Germany (Frank-Peter Bischof, Bernd Duvigneau, Roland Graupner, & Harald Marg) * 1979: East Germany (Bernd Duvigneau, Harald Marg, Jürgen Dittrich, & Roland Graupner) * 1981: Soviet Union (Igor Gaydamaka, Sergey Krivozheyev, Igor Polianis, & Aleksandr Vodovatov) * 1982: Soviet Union (Sergey Krivozheyev, Igor Gaydamaka, Sergey Kolokolov, & Aleksandr Vodovatov) * 1983: East Germany (Andreas Stähle, Peter Hempel, Harald Marg, & Rüdiger Helm) * 1985: East Germany (André Wohllebe, Frank Fischer, Peter Hempel, & Heiko Zinke) * 1986: East Germany (Andreas Stähle, Frank Fischer, André Wohllebe, & Jens Fiedler) * 1987: Soviet Union (Aleksandr Motuzenko, Sergey Kirsanov, Arturas Veta, & Viktor Denisov) * 1989: Soviet Union (Viktor Denisov, Sergey Kirsanov, Aleksandr Motuzenko, & Viktor Pusev) * 1990: Soviet Union (Oleg Gorobiy, Sergey Kirsanov, Aleksandr Motuzenko, & Viktor Pusev) * 1991: Germany (Detlef Hofmann, Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, & André Wohllebe) * 1993: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Aleksandr Ivanik, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1994: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Sergey Verlin, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1995: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Sergey Verlin, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1997: Hungary (Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, & Robert Hegedus) * 1998: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach, & Stefan Ulm) * 1999: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach, & Stefan Ulm) * 2001: Russia (Roman Zarubin, Aleksandr Ivanik, Denys Tourtchenkov, & Andrey Tissin) * 2002: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Bača) * 2003: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Bača) * 2005: Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Dziamyan Turchyn, & Vadzim Makhneu) * 2006: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Róbert Erban, & Erik Vlček) * 2007: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Tarr)

1938: Germany (Ernst Kube, Heini Brüggemann, Ernst Strathmann & Heine Strathmann) · 1948: Sweden (Hans Berglund, Lennart Klingström, Gunnar Åkerlund & Hans Wetterström · 1950: Sweden (Einar Pihl, Hans Eriksson, Lars Pettersson & Berndt Häppling) · 1954: Hungary (Imre Vagyóczki, László Kovács, László Nagy & Zoltán Szigeti) · 1958: West Germany (Michel Scheuer, Georg Lietz, Gustav Schmidt & Theodor Kleine) · 1963: East Germany (Günther Perleberg, Dieter Krause, Siegfried Rossberg & Wolfgang Lange) · 1966: Romania (Atanase Sciotnic, Mihai Ţurcaş, Haralambie Ivanov & Anton Calenic) · 1970: Soviet Union (Yuri Filatov, Valeri Didenko, Yuri Stetsenko & Volodymyr Morozov) · 1971: Soviet Union (Yuri Filatov, Volodymyr Mozorov, Yuri Stetsenko & Valeri Didenko) · 1973: Hungary (József Deme, János Rátkai, Csongor Vargha & Csaba Giczi) · 1974: East Germany (Herbert Laabs, Ulrich Hellige, Jürgen Lehnert & Bernd Duvigneau) · 1975: Spain (Herminio Menéndez, José María Esteban, José Ramón López & Luis Gregorio Ramos) · 1977: Poland (Ryszard Oborski, Daniel Wełna, Grzegorz Kołtan & Henryk Budzicz) · 1978: East Germany (Bernd Olbricht, Bernd Duvigneau, Rüdiger Helm & Harald Marg) · 1979: East Germany (Bernd Duvigneau, Rüdiger Helm, Harald Marg & Bernd Olbricht) · 1981: East Germany (Rüdiger Helm, Frank-Peter Bischof, Peter Hempel & Harald Marg) · 1982: Sweden (Per-Inge Bengtsson, Lars-Erik Moberg, Thomas Ohlsson & Bengt Andersson) · 1983: Romania (Ionel Constantin, Nicolae Fedosel, Ionel Letcae & Angelin Velea) · 1985: Sweden (Per-Inge Bengtsson, Lars-Erik Moberg, Kalle Sundqvist & Bengt Andersson) · 1986: Hungary (Ferenc Csipes, Zsolt Gyulay, László Fidel & Zoltán Kovács) · 1987: Hungary (Zsolt Gyulay, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zoltán Kovács) · 1989: Hungary (Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zsolt Gyulay) · 1990: Hungary (Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zsolt Gyulay) · 1991: Hungary (Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zsolt Gyulay) · 1993: Germany (Thomas Reineck, Oliver Kegel, André Wohllebe & Mario Von Appen) · 1994: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Aleksandr Ivanik & Oleg Gorobiy) · 1995: Germany (Detlef Hofmann, Rene Pflugmacher, Thomas Reineck & Mark Zabel) · 1997: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach & Stefan Ulm) · 1998: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach & Stefan Ulm) · 1999: Hungary (Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei & Gábor Horváth) · 2001: Germany (Andreas Ihle, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach & Stefan Ulm) · 2002: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček & Juraj Bača) · 2003: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček & Juraj Bača) · 2005: Germany (Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Björn Bach & Arnd Goldschmidt) · 2006: Hungary (Ákos Vereckei, Roland Kökény, Lajos Gyökös & Gábor Horváth) · 2007: Germany (Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Marco Herszel & Björn Goldschmidt) · 2009: Belarus (Vadzim Makhneu, Artur Litvinchuk, Raman Piatrushenka & Aliaksei Abalmasau) · 2010: France (Arnaud Hybois, Étienne Hubert, Sébastien Jouve & Philippe Colin) · 2011: Germany (Norman Bröckl, Robert Gleinert, Max Hoff & Paul Mittelstedt)