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	1st	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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