The Register of sports of the Republic of Belarus
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Sport
Modern Belarus occupies a worthy place in the global sports community and is rightfully considered a sporting country.
The republic has adopted legislative acts and ensured state participation in the development and financing of physical culture and sports, the construction and maintenance of sports facilities, health centers, sports clubs, the training of specialists in the field of physical culture and sports, and high-class athletes.
Healthy lifestyle is the business card of Belarus
People's health, the development of physical culture and sports have been declared a priority area of social policy in Belarus. The issues of organizing physical culture and recreation activities with the population and the development of mass sports are in the focus of attention of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. According to the Head of State, a healthy lifestyle has become the hallmark of Belarus.About 22,000 sporting events are held annually in Belarus for fans of a healthy lifestyle.
The Belarusian Ski Track, the All-Belarusian Sports and Sports Festival dedicated to the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus, and the All-Belarusian Track and field cross for the prizes of the newspaper Sovetskaya Belorussia have become traditional. The system of republican industry sports contests has been revived. The country hosts national competitions among children and teenagers in football "Leather Ball", handball "Swift Ball", biathlon, skiing and air rifle shooting "Snow Sniper", as well as a nationwide hockey tournament for the prizes of the Presidential Sports Club "Golden Puck".
Special attention is paid to improving the physical education of children and students. Teen sports clubs are organized for them all over the country. Belarus has training centers for professional athletes, including the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture, Olympic reserve schools, specialized Olympic reserve schools, and youth sports schools. The training of the sports reserve is carried out by 464 physical culture and sports organizations, including 11 secondary schools of the Olympic reserve and 453 specialized educational and sports institutions. About 160,000 young athletes are undergoing sports training in these physical education and sports organizations.
Sports infrastructure
The republic has significantly strengthened and continues to develop the material and technical base of sports.
There are more than 23,000 sports facilities in the country. Each regional center of Belarus has its own sports palace and an indoor ice rink. More and more large facilities are being built in the regions.
In recent years, the cultural and entertainment sports complex "Chizhovka Arena", a sports and recreation complex with an aqua zone and social infrastructure (the Lebyazhy water park), a multifunctional sports and recreation complex "Mandarin", a freestyle training center with a sports and recreation complex in Minsk have been put into operation;wellness complexes in Berezino, Borisov, Stolbiny, Cherven, Brest, Stolina, Krasnopolye, Mogilev region, Raubichi, Minsk region; a sports complex for game sports with a roller ski track in Orsha; stadiums in Baranovichi, Lida, Borisov and other facilities.
Hockey World Championship 2014
In 2014, the Ice Hockey World Championship was held in Belarus for the first time. This decision was made in May 2009 at the annual congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). According to the results of the voting, 75 out of 105 possible votes were cast in support of the Republic of Belarus.
The International Ice Hockey Federation has always paid attention to the possibilities of Belarus in hosting prestigious competitions. In 2004 alone, Belarus hosted two major events - the Superfinal of the Continental Cup and the IIHF World Junior Championships. Since then, Belarus has repeatedly hosted hockey tournaments. The 78th World Ice Hockey Championship was held in Minsk from May 9 to May 25, 2014. 16 national teams took part in it. The official mascot of the 2014 World Ice Hockey Championship was a bison named Volat. For the duration of the tournament, Belarus has established a visa-free entry procedure from April 25 to May 31, 2014 for official participants of the World Hockey Championship and foreign tourists.
The corresponding decree was signed by the Head of State. The basis for visa-free entry to Belarus for the official participants of the championship was their inclusion in the lists of the official accreditation system of the championship of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and for tourists - the presence of an original or electronic ticket to the championship matches. On May 19, 2017, at the annual congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Cologne (Germany), it was decided that the 2021 World Ice Hockey Championship would be held in two countries – Belarus and Latvia. The World Cup was held in Riga in 2006.
II European Games 2019 in the Republic of Belarus
On October 21, 2016, following a vote at the 45th meeting of the General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees, which was held in Minsk, Belarus received the right to host the II European Games in 2019.
The II European Games were held from June 21 to June 30, 2019. More than 3,500 athletes from 50 countries took part in the continent's multisport forum and, following the results of the competition, won 200 sets of awards in 15 sports (23 disciplines). Belarusian athletes won 69 medals (24 gold, 16 silver and 29 bronze) at the II European Games. Following the results of the Games, Belarusian athletes also won 2 licenses for participation in the XXXII Summer Olympic Games in 2020 inTokyo (Japan).
The qualification standards were fulfilled by Yuri Shcherbatsevich in puleva shooting and Tatiana Kholodovich in athletics (javelin throwing).
Belarusian athletes at the Olympics
Belarusian athletes have been participating in the Olympic Games since 1952. The sporting exploits of three-time Olympic Games winner wrestler Alexander Medved, four-time Olympic gold medalists gymnast Olga Korbut and fencer Elena Belova, five-time Olympic champion Nelly Kim, six-time Olympic champion Vitaly Shcherba and many other famous Belarusian athletes are written in golden letters in Olympic history.Belarusian athletes have been competing at the Games as an independent team since 1994. Since that time, Belarusian athletes have won 94 Olympic medals: 18 gold, 30 silver and 46 bronze. Olympic gold medals were brought to Belarus by Ekaterina Karsten (academic rowing, 1996, 2000), Ellina Zvereva (athletics, discus, 2000), Yanina Karolchik (athletics, core, 2000), Igor Makarov (judo, 2004), Yulia Nesterenko (athletics, 100 m, 2004), Alexey Abalmasov, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadim Makhnev and Roman Petrushenko (kayaking, four, 2008), Andrey Aryamnov (weightlifting, 2008), Alexander and Andrey Bogdanovichi (canoeing, two, 2008), Oksana Menkova (athletics, hammer, 2008), Victoria Azarenka and Maxim Mirny (tennis, mixed, 2012), Sergey Martynov (shooting bullet, 2012), Alexey Grishin (freestyle, 2010), Daria Domracheva (biathlon, 2014), Alla Tsuper (freestyle, 2014), Anton Kushnir (freestyle, 2014), Vladislav Goncharov (trampoline, 2016).
Belarusians especially remember the first Olympic gold that Ekaterina Karsten won for a sovereign country, the gold of Alexei Grishin, the first Winter Olympic champion in the history of Belarusian sports, the sensational victory in the hundred-meter race of Yulia Nesterenko, a runner from Brest, and the victory of Sergei Martynov, who set a new world record at the Olympics.
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi have become the most successful in the history of Belarusian sports. Our athletes won 5 gold medals (Daria Domracheva - 3, one award each from Alla Tsuper and Anton Kushnir) and one bronze (Nadezhda Skardino). Three-time Olympic champion Daria Domracheva was awarded the title of Hero of Belarus. Belarusian athletes won 9 medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.: 1 gold medal (Vladislav Goncharov), 4 silver medals (Daria Naumova, Vadim Streltsov, Maria Mamoshuk, Ivan Tikhon), 4 bronze medals (Alexandra Gerasimena, Ibrahim Saidov, Javid Gamzatov, women's national rowing and canoeing team - Margarita Makhneva, Nadezhda Lepeshko, Olga Khudenko and Marina Litvinchuk). The high results of the Belarusian Paralympians arouse pride and respect. Belarusians won 9 medals at the 2010 Vancouver Games - 2 gold and 7 bronze.
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Belarus won 10 medals (5 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) and placed 25th overall. Belarusian swimmer Igor Bokiy won five gold medals at the Paralympics, and he set a new world record in the 200 m medley. At the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi, 3 bronze medals were won: Vasily Shapteboy became a two-time bronze medalist in biathlon, Jadwiga Skorobogataya won bronze in cross-country skiing. At the XV Summer Paralympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, the Belarusian national team won 10 medals: 8 gold (Igor Bokiy - 6, Andrey Pranevich -1, Vladimir Izotov -1), 2 bronze (Alexander Triput, Igor Bokiy). Igor Bokiy won his sixth Paralympic Games title at these Games. More than 130 sports are cultivated in the Republic of Belarus. Every sport has fans, its own glorious moments of history and bright names, which will take hundreds of pages to list.
