35-year-old Belarusian truck driver suddenly died in China. He was the husband of Belarus's most decorated judoka

Aliaksei Kuzmich

A tragedy occurred in China, where Aliaksei Kuzmich worked — the man suffered a heart attack during loading.

Kuzmich was only 35 years old, he loved riding motorcycles and was a fishing enthusiast.

In October 2022, the man met his love — Maryna Slutskaya, the most decorated Belarusian judoka in history. She is an 8-time Belarusian champion, European champion, winner of the II European Games, and a participant in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

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Aliaksei Kuzmich and Maryna Slutskaya. Photo from her Instagram

In 2021, Maryna ended her sports career and became a coach for the national team. But in 2023, she decided to leave that position as well, to dedicate more time to her husband.

Maryna explained her decision in an interview: "My husband is a truck driver, he goes on quite long trips: to Kazakhstan, China, Europe... It happened that Lyosha was away for two and a half months, last time he planned a three-week trip, but returned after a month and a half. It was good when our schedules coincided: my husband was on a business trip, I was at meetings or competitions. However, it often happened differently: he returns, and I leave the next day. Such a mismatch caused stress, and something clearly needed to be done about it."

Therefore, they decided together that Aliaksei would go on trips and earn money, while Maryna would take care of the house and train children at the judo club, where she was one of the leaders.

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Aliaksei Kuzmich and Maryna Slutskaya. Photo from her Instagram

Maryna emphasized: an Olympic medal (which she did not get) did not mean as much to her as the possibility of having a family: "I am a strong woman who will enter a burning house and stop a horse, but I really wanted to be met at home by a loved one, to feel his support and strong shoulder. And I met him. You won't believe it: on a dating site. A year later, we got married."

In 2024, to better understand her beloved, Maryna even went with him on another trip — and spent a month with her husband in the truck cabin.

"Along the way, I fed my husband with a spoon, helped him in the trailer, waited for him at the loading ramp, complained a little, was offended, but loved him more and more every day... Yes, we quarreled a couple of times, were offended for a while, reconciled emotionally, shared memories and emotions, desires and dreams, drank coffee at a gas station, met sunrises and sunsets together," Maryna later wrote on Instagram.

She said that after that trip, she became even more proud of her husband and appreciated him more.

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Last year, the couple had a son, named Makar.

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