Marius Paškevičius Explained

Country:Lithuania
Weight Class:+100 kg
Worlds Rank:3
Worlds Year:2009
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:3
Regionals Year:2012
Regionals Weight:Men's +100 kg
Regionals Year2:2014
Regionals Weight2:Men's +100 kg
Olympics Rank:R16
Olympics Year:2000
Olympics Weight:Men's 100 kg
Olympics Year2:2012
Olympics Weight2:Men's +100 kg
Updated:28 August 2023

Marius Paškevičius (born 31 October 1979) is a Lithuanian judoka.

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2000 Olympic GamesAC (-100 kg)
2008 European Championships7th (+100 kg)
2009 World Championships3rd (+100 kg)
2010 European Championships5th (+100 kg)
2012 European Championships3rd (+100 kg)

He achieved semi-finals in the heavyweight division at the 2015 European Judo Championships, which coincided with the 2015 European Games, losing to the eventual Gold medal winner Adam Okruashvili of Georgia.[1]

On November 1, 2015, he competed in Grand Slam judo in Abu Dhabi, winning at least one round by ippon.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: 2015-06-25 . Okruashvili claims Georgian heavyweight judo gold as Dutch delight at Baku 2015 . Nick Butler . InsideTheGames.Biz.
  2. News: Toma Nikiforov verovert brons op Grandslam judo Abu Dhabi . Het Nieuwsblad .
  3. News: Toma Nikiforov (-100kg) prend le bronze à Abu Dhabi . 2015-11-01 . Belga News .