He suffered severe injuries to his head and several fractures in a car accident in 2011.(sportingpulse.com, 30 Apr 2011)
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LONDON 2012 DISQUALIFICATION In October 2016 the International Olympic Committee [IOC] announced that he had been disqualified from the 2012 Olympic Games in London after reanalysis of his samples from those Games returned positive for banned substances turinabol, oxandrolone and stanozolol. He had recorded a ninth-place finish in the men's +105kg division at the Games. (olympic.org, 27 Oct 2016)
CAR ACCIDENT In April 2011 he was involved in a car accident that killed international teammate and Belarus national champion Siarhei Lahun. Zharnasek spent several weeks in intensive care with serious head injuries and several fractures. (sportingpulse.com, 30 Apr 2011)