🕯️ One of Ukraine's strongest men, world and European powerlifting champion Oleksandr Bilokon, died in the war, — Youth and Sports Committee.

In 2017, 26-year-old Oleksandr was working in the Kobzov circus and was a third-grade disabled person. Despite this, the athlete managed to lift a weight of 15.7 tonnes by 47 cm, of which 13.3 tonnes was the weight of the truck and the rest was the weight of people.

In 2020, Oleksandr Bilokon became a master of sports in heroic games. In the same year, the athlete took first place in the finals for the title of "The Strongest Man of Ukraine 2020" in the 95 kg weight category.

In 2021, the Strongman First League Finals 2021 took place in Bila Tserkva at the Trudovi Rezervy Stadium, where seven of the strongest men from all over Ukraine competed in the final competition of the season. It was Oleksandr who set the Ukrainian record for truck pulling.

Oleksandr joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the spring of 2023.

May he rest in peace...