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{{Short description|Belarusian weightlifter (born 1988)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Mikalajevič|Aramnaǔ|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Andrei Aramnau
| image          = Andrei Aramnau 2010 Belarusian stamp.jpg
| image_size     =
| caption        = Andrei Aramnau on a 2010 Belarusian stamp
| nationality    = Belarusian
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1988|4|17|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Barysaw]], [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]<br>(now [[Belarus]])
| height         = 1.72 m
| weight         = 108.85 kg
| country        = Belarus
| sport          = [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
| event          = –109 kg
| club           = Dynamo Minsk<br>Dynamo Mahilyow
| medaltemplates ={{MedalSport|Men's [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{BLR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg|–105&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 World Weightlifting Championships|2007 Chiang Mai]]|[[2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Men's 105 kg|–105 kg]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 World Weightlifting Championships|2019 Pattaya]]|[[2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 109 kg|–109 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 European Weightlifting Championships|2019 Batumi]]|–105&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2014 European Weightlifting Championships|2014 Tel Aviv]]|–105&nbsp;kg}}
}}
'''Andrei Mikalajevič Aramnaǔ''' ({{langx|be|Андрэй Мікалаевіч Арамнаў}}, born 17 April 1988) is a Belarusian [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]], Olympic and World Champion.

==Career==
Andrei was born with six fingers on one hand, but had one removed in 2002 before his coach allowed him to train for the European Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/biography/?id=684428|title=Andrei Aramnau Biography|author=IWF.net|accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref>

He won silver in the 94&nbsp;kg category at the 2006 Junior World Championships, with a total of 393&nbsp;kg.<ref name="IWF results" /> At the 2007 Junior World Championships he won gold in the 105&nbsp;kg category, with a total of 407&nbsp;kg.<ref name="IWF results">{{cite web|title=Aramnau Andrei |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=966 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527165027/http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=966 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 May 2011 |accessdate=7 May 2010 }}</ref>

Aramnau became world champion in the 105&nbsp;kg category at the [[2007 World Weightlifting Championships|2007 World Championships]], with a total of 423&nbsp;kg.<ref name="IWF results" />

At the [[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg|2008 Summer Olympics]] he won the gold medal in the 105&nbsp;kg category with world records in the [[Snatch (weightlifting)|snatch]] with 200&nbsp;kg, in the [[clean and jerk]] with 236&nbsp;kg, and with a total of 436&nbsp;kg.<ref name="srwl">{{cite web|url=https://strengthrecord.com/weightlifting-world-records/ |title=STRENGTH RECORD, Weightlifting World Records |website=www.strengthrecord.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="IWF results" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021618/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/andrey-aryamnov-1.html Andrey Aryamnov]. sports-reference.com</ref> These records have been nullified after the [[International Weightlifting Federation]] reorganized the categories.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M109A.pdf |title=PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 109 kg |access-date=2 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718153944/http://www.ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M109A.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was scheduled to compete at the [[2012 Olympic Games]] but injured his leg in training<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/weightlifting/story/_/id/8240440/2012-london-olympics-ukraine-oleksiy-torokhtiy-wins-weightlifting-gold|title=Oleksiy Torokhtiy wins gold in 105k|work=ESPN|date=6 August 2012|accessdate=September 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oly-weig-blr-aramnau-adv3/injury-forces-olympic-champion-aramnau-out-of-games-idUSBRE86N0ZH20120724|title=Injury forces Olympic champion Aramnau out of Games|work=Reuters|date=24 July 2012|accessdate=September 20, 2019}}</ref> and did not compete.

He was named 2008 Belarus Athlete of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=2987&tp=n |publisher=[[International Sports Press Association]]|title= Olympic athletes scoop Belarusian sports awards|last= Marynina|first= Nastassia|date= 20 January 2009|accessdate=2 February 2009}}</ref>

He won the gold medal in the 105&nbsp;kg category at the 2010 European Championships, with 420&nbsp;kg in total but then had the medal stripped due to a doping violation.<ref name="IWF results" />

==Major results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year
! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue
! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight
! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg)
! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg)
! rowspan=2 width=60 |  Total
! rowspan=2 width=40 |  Rank
|-
! width=60 | 1
! width=60 | 2
! width=60 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
! width=60 | 1
! width=60 | 2
! width=60 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
|-
! colspan=13 | [[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|-
| [[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] || align=left | {{flag icon|CHN}} [[Beijing]], [[China]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg|105 kg]] || 193 || 197 || '''200 [[World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)|WR]]''' || 1 || 225 || 230 || '''236''' || 1 ||'''436 [[World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)|WR]]''' || {{gold1}}
|-
! colspan=13 | [[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]
|-
| [[2007 World Weightlifting Championships|2007]] || align=left | {{flag icon|THA}} [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]] || [[2007 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg|105 kg]] || 187 || 192 || '''195''' || {{gold1}} || 220 || 225 || '''228''' || {{silver2}} || '''423''' || {{gold1}}
|-
|[[2018 World Weightlifting Championships|2018]] || align=left| {{flagicon|TKM}} [[Ashgabat]], [[Turkmenistan]] || [[2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 109 kg|109 kg]] || 175 || <s>181</s> || '''182''' || 5 || '''210''' || <s>215</s> || <s>215</s> || 16 || '''392''' || 9
|-
| [[2019 World Weightlifting Championships|2019]] || align=left | {{flag icon|THA}} [[Pattaya]], [[Thailand]] || [[2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 109 kg|109 kg]] || 188 || 193 || '''198''' || {{silver2}} || 220 || 225 || '''228''' || {{bronze3}} || '''426''' || {{silver2}}
|-
! colspan=13 | [[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]
|-bgcolor=pink
| [[2010 European Weightlifting Championships|2010]] || align=left | {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]] || [[2010 European Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg|105 kg]] || '''195''' || <s>201</s> || <s>201</s> || -- || 220 || '''225''' || -- || -- || '''420''' || '''DSQ'''
|-
| [[2014 European Weightlifting Championships|2014]] || align=left | {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel (country)|Israel]] || [[2014 European Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg|105 kg]] || 177 || 182 || '''184''' || {{gold1}} || <s>212</s>  ||  '''212''' || <s>220</s> ||  5 || '''396''' || {{bronze3}}
|-
| [[2019 European Weightlifting Championships|2019]] || align=left | {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Batumi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] || [[2019 European Weightlifting Championships – Men's 109 kg|109 kg]] || 181 || 186  || '''190''' || {{bronze3}} || 216 || '''221''' || <s>226</s> || 4 || '''411''' || {{silver2}}
|-
! colspan=13|[[Qatar Cup (weightlifting)|Qatar Cup]]
|-
|[[5th International Qatar Cup|2018]]|| align=left| {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Doha]], [[Qatar]] ||109 kg || 173 || 179 || '''183''' || {{gold1}} || 208 || '''218''' || - || {{silver2}} || '''401''' || {{gold1}}
|-
! colspan=13|Junior World Championships
|-
| 2006 || align=left | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hangzhou]], [[China]] || 94&nbsp;kg || '''177''' ||  ||  || '''{{Gold1}}''' || '''216''' ||  ||  || '''{{Silver2}}''' || '''393''' || '''{{Silver2}}'''
|-
| 2007 || align=left | {{flagicon|CZ}} [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] || 105&nbsp;kg || '''187''' ||  ||  || '''{{Gold1}}''' || '''220''' ||  ||  || '''{{Silver2}}''' || '''407''' || '''{{Gold1}}'''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IWF}}
* {{Lift Up}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|andrei-aramnau}}
* {{NOC Belarus|aryamnov-andrej-tyazhelaya-atletika}}

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[[Category:1988 births]]
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[[Category:Doping cases in weightlifting]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Belarus]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in weightlifting]]
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