Igor Olshanetskyi

Early life Olshanetskyi is Jewish, grew up in Kharkiv, Ukraine in the Soviet Union and was raised by his grandmother from a young age after his father died. He studied Sports and Recreation Studies at the Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture in Ukraine.

He made aliyah and moved to Israel at the age of 24, in 2010.

Weightlifting career He started to lift weights at the age of 13.

He participated in the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships in the Men's +105 kg, and placed 28th (Total). In 2013, Olshanetskyi won the VII Mediterranean Cup in the Men's +105 kg, and placed 12th in the European Weightlifting Championships in the Men's +105 kg (Snatch).

In 2014, Olshanetskyi again placed 12th in the 2014 European Weightlifting Championships. In addition, he placed 10th in the Clean and Jerk and in the Total competition. In the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in the Men's +105 kg he placed 23rd (Total).

In 2015 he placed 9th in the 2015 European Weightlifting Championships, and 21st in the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in the Men's +105. In 2016 Olshanetskyi placed 12th in the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships in Norway, lifting a total of 366 kg, 163 kg in the snatch, and 203 kg in the clean and jerk.