Popular Sports in Belarus

The most popular sports in Belarus

Ice hockey

Ice hockey is the best loved sport in Belarus.

The Open Championship is held in Belarus annually.

The leading club is  Dinamo -Minsk .

Amateur ice hockey is developing in Belarus. There is the amateur Night Hockey League (NHL) in Minsk, with all games held late at night, and the Golden Puck nationwide ice hockey competition, for children and teenagers .

Biathlon

• Dárya Vladímirovna Dómracheva   is a retired Belarusian  biathlete  who competed in the  Biathlon World Cup  from 2006 to 2018. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay and a silver medal in the mass start competition at the  2018 Winter Olympics , three gold medals in the pursuit, individual, and mass start competitions at the  2014 Winter Olympics , and a bronze medal in the individual competition at the  2010 Winter Olympics .

Lawn Tennis

Maxim Mirniy

Victoriay Azarenko

Rowing

•   Across five Olympic Games (Atlanta-1996, Sydney-2000, Athenes-2004, Beijing-2008, and London-2012), our rowers won fourteen medals, of which four were gold.

• Such successes make Belarusian rowers heroes in the eyes of fans and draw attention to this sport. The state has given its support, funding the building of two modern rowing centres, in Brest and Zaslaŭje, able to hold competitions of the highest level, including World Championships.

Kaciaryna the Great

Yekaterina Karsten

She is a six-time world champion and has been awarded the Order of the Fatherland across three classes, as well as the Order of Honour.

Roman Petrushenko & Vadim Mahnev

Alla Tsuper

Anton Kushnir

Swimming

Alexandra Gerasimeniay