Andrius Gudžius
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Born | Kaunas, Lithuania | 14 February 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 136 kg (300 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrius Gudžius (born 14 February 1991) is a Lithuanian discus thrower. Gudzius won the gold at the 2017 World Championships.
He had his first national placing at the 2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships, where he was third with 53.52 m. Two years later, the teenage Gudžius improved to second at the Lithuanian Championships with 60.98 m. He won the gold medal at the 2018 European Championships.
Gudzius has a personal best of 69.59 m.
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2007 | World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 3rd | Discus (1.5 kg) | 61.59 m |
2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 6th | Discus (1.75 kg) | 58.63 m |
2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 5th | Discus (1.75 kg) | 60.05 m |
2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 1st | Discus (1.75 kg) | 63.78 m |
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 13th (q) | Discus | 56.58 m |
Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 13th (q) | Discus | 56.59 m | |
2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | Discus | 62.40 m |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 10th | Discus | 60.82 m |
2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 3th | Discus | 62.54 m |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 14th (q) | Discus | 62.22 m |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 13th (q) | Discus | 63.60 m |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12th | Discus | 60.66 m | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 1st | Discus | 69.21 m |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | Discus | 68.46 m |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 12th | Discus | 61.55 m |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 6th | Discus throw | 64.11 m |
References[]
Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kaunas
- Lithuanian male discus throwers
- Olympic athletes of Lithuania
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Lithuania
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade bronze medalists for Lithuania
- Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- European Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Diamond League winners
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Lithuanian athletics biography stubs