Valdas Kazlauskas Explained

Valdas Kazlauskas (born 23 February 1958 in Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic[1]) is a retired male racewalker and athletics coach from Lithuania. He competed for his native Baltic country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in 44th place (1:28.33) in the men's 20 km race walk event. Kazlauskas set his personal best (1:19.29) in the same distance on 19 February 1989 in Sochi. Valdas Kazlauskas achieved the World and European Record for the 20 km Race Walking with the performance of 1:20:37 on the 16 September 1983 in Moscow. Valdas Kazlasukas reached 27 national records, 1 European record and 3 world records.

Achievements

Representing the
1983Soviet Athletics ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia1st20 km1:20:37
1987World Race Walking CupNew York City, United States9th20 km1:21:49
Representing
1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland19th20 km1:27:02
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden32nd20 km1:33:54
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States44th20 km1:28:33

References

Notes and References

  1. Valdas Kazlauskas . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095111/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/valdas-kazlauskas-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 30 July 2012.