Marharyta Makhneva

Marharyta Makhneva (née Tsishkevich, Belarusian: Маргарыта Рыгораўна Махнева (Цішкевіч); Łacinka: Marharyta Ryhoraŭna Machnieva (Ciškievič); born 13 February 1992) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist. She won two gold medals at the 2015 World Championships (K-2 200 m and K-4 500 m) and the bronze medal in K-4 500 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Marharyta Makhneva (Tsishkevich)

Makhneva in 2016
Personal information
Native name	Маргарыта Рыгораўна Махнева (Цішкевіч)
Nationality	Belarusian
Born	(1992-02-13) 13 February 1992 Khoiniki, Homel, Belarus[1]
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Belarus
Sport	Sprint kayak
Event(s)	K-2 200 m, K-2 500 m, K-4 500 m
Club	Sport Club of the Professional Unions of the Republic of Belarus
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing  Belarus Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 500 m World Championships 2015 Milan K-2 200 m 2015 Milan K-4 500 m 2019 Szeged K-4 500 m 2013 Duisburg K-4 500 m 2014 Moscow K-2 200 m 2014 Moscow K-4 500 m 2014 Moscow K-1 4×200 m European Games 2015 Baku K-2 200 m 2019 Minsk K-4 500 m European Championships 2014 Brandenburg K-2 200 m 2015 Račice K-2 200 m 2015 Račice K-4 500 m 2016 Moscow K-4 500 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m 2016 Moscow K-2 200 m Universiade 2013 Kazan K-2 500 m 2013 Kazan K-4 200 m 2013 Kazan K-1 200 m

Career

Tsishkevich represented Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed only in two individual sprint kayak events. For her first event, the women's K-1 500 metres, she advanced directly into the semi-final rounds, after placing sixth in the heats, with a time of 2:01.216.[3] She was disqualified from the second semi-final race for breaking the four-metre "centre-lane" rule.[4] In the first ever women's K-1 200 metres, Tsishkevich repeated her last-place finish in the same heat by approximately twenty-one hundredths of a second (0.21) behind Denmark's Henriette Engel Hansen, clocking at 43.033 seconds.[5][6]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Makhneva won bronze in the women's K-4 500 metres with Volha Khudzenka, Nadzeya Liapeshka, and Maryna Litvinchuk.[7]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marharyta Tsishkevich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
2. "Marharyta Tsishkevich at london2012.com". Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
3. "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m Heat 2". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
4. "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m Semifinal 2". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
5. "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 200m Semifinal 2". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
6. "Belarus' canoe sprinters reach Olympic finals". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
7. "Marharyta Makhneva at rio2016.com". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

External links

• Marharyta Makhneva at the International Canoe Federation
• Marharyta Makhneva at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• NBC Olympics Profile