Oleksandr Yuriyovych Pielieshenko was a Ukrainian weightlifter. He was the 2016 and 2017 European Champion. He also competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Pielieshenko was killed in action during the Russo-Ukrainian War, at the age of 30.
Champion weightlifter killed in Ukraine
Two-time European weightlifting champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko died on the front line in the war in Ukraine.
Sydney Morning Herald