Sheiko Maxim Nikolaevich is the current master of sports in weightlifting. He has won many prizes and victories in sports competitions.
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Biography
The future champion in weightlifting was born in the late 80s on the outskirts of Russia in the city of Kholmsk. As a teenager, Maxim learned about the existence of a sport that he would practice throughout his life. As soon as the student came to the local weightlifting section, the coach saw the potential in him.
Young Sheiko trained with great tenacity and the results were not long in coming. The athlete showed his first successes at the local tournament, which was held in honor of the city holiday in the early 2000s. At the age of 16, the young weightlifter succumbed to a barbell of more than two hundred kilograms, he lifted it above his head and broke the world record for pushing the barbell in his weight category at the time of 2004.
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In addition to sports achievements, the eminent athlete did not forget about mental development. At the end of 11 school classes, he decided to graduate. He graduated from the institute in sports.
Sports achivments
After a striking performance at his first first tournament, Maxim began to actively participate in various competitions. A year later, he went to the European Championship among juniors and won a second brilliant victory in his favorite sport. Then he took part in competitions in the Canary Islands and in Russia, earned second and third places respectively.
In 2009, he went to the weightlifting competition in southern Russia, performed in a group of participants whose weight was less than 105 kg. Almost triumphed, but due to the difference in weight, he received a silver medal.
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After 3 years he returned to Europe and again remained in second place. Then he went to Cheboksary and easily received a gold medal at local competitions. A year after the defeat in the European tournament, he was chosen as an athlete who should carry the Olympic torch in the city of Sochi. One year later, he won the Russian Cup in weightlifting biathlon in the weight category usual for Sheiko.
Political activity
Maxim Nikolayevich has always been positive towards politics. Long before becoming a deputy of the legislative assembly of his native city, he supported the political direction of "United Russia". He got to the current position due to the resignation of the previous representative of this post. In 2017, Sheiko was chosen as a candidate who is able to take this post, he was issued a special election certificate.