Valdas Kazlauskas

Lithuanian racewalker

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[edit]

Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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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[edit]

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.

* Valdas Kazlauskas at World Athletics
* Lithuanian sport encyclopedia

## External links[edit]

* 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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