Valdas Kazlauskas

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[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Soviet Union
1983	Soviet Athletics Championships	Moscow, Russia	1th	20 km	1:20:37
1987	World Race Walking Cup	New York City, United States	9th	20 km	1:21:49
Representing Lithuania
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	19th	20 km	1:27:02
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	32nd	20 km	1:33:54
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	44th	20 km	1:28:33

References[]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valdas Kazlauskas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

External links[]

Valdas Kazlauskas at Olympics.com
Valdas Kazlauskas at Olympic.org (archived)
Valdas Kazlauskas at Olympedia
Valdas Kazlauskas at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (in Lithuanian)

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valdas Kazlauskas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

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