Vitali Dzerbianiou

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameVitali Viachaslavavich•Dzerbianiou
Used nameVitali•Dzerbianiou
Original nameВіталь Вячаслававіч•Дзербянёў
Other namesVitaly Vyacheslavovich Derbenyov, Виталий Вячеславович Дербенёв
Born5 August 1976 in Mahilyow, Mahilyow (BLR)
Died2 May 2022
Measurements160 cm / 56 kg
AffiliationsDynamo Mahilyow, Mahilyow (BLR)
NOC Belarus

Biography

Vitali Dzerbianiou was a Belarusian weightlifter who competed as a bantamweight. Dzerbianiou was born in Mahilyow in 1976. Dzerbianiou won the silver medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships. Dzerbianiou became one of the best weightlifters in Europe, winning gold medals at four editions of the European Weightlifting Championships (2002–03, 2006, 2010).

Dzerbianiou competed at three Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics Dzerbianiou finished in seventh place. Dzerbianiou narrowly missed out on a medal at the 2004 Athina Olympics when he finished in fourth place. Dzerbianiou’s final Games were the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Despite producing a good lift in the snatch, Dzerbianiou did not give a valid lift in the clean & jerk.

In 2004 Dzerbianiou was awarded with the Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus. Dzerbianiou retired from the sport in 2011 due to a chronic shoulder injury. He died in May 2022 at the age of 45.

Derbenev had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 2001 European Championships Bantamweight class (262.5 kg); 1st in the 2002 European Championships Bantamweight class (277.5 kg); 1st in the 2003 European Championships Bantamweight class (275.0 kg); 2nd in the 2004 European Championships Bantamweight class (280.0 kg); 3rd in the 2005 European Championships Bantamweight class (260.0 kg); 1st in the 2006 European Championships Bantamweight class (268.0 kg); 2nd in the 2007 European Championships Bantamweight class (266.0 kg).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifting BLR Vitali Dzerbianiou
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) 7
2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifting BLR Vitali Dzerbianiou
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) 4
2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifting BLR Vitali Dzerbianiou
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) DNF