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Lithuanian swimmer
Aurimas Valaitis
Personal information
Full nameAurimas Valaitis
National team Lithuania
Born (1988-04-22) 22 April 1988 (age 36)
Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubCentras Kaunas
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Lithuania
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Palma 50 m breaststroke

Aurimas Valaitis (born 22 April 1988) is a Lithuanian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He beat a 29-second barrier to earn a bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2006 European Junior Swimming Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, with his personal best of 28.98.

Valaitis qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke, as Lithuania's youngest swimmer (aged 16), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:04.71 from the Dutch Open Swim Cup in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including 15-year-old Nguyen Huu Viet of Vietnam. He raced to fourth place by 0.12 of a second behind New Zealand's Ben Labowitch, breaking his personal best of 1:04.11. Valaitis failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-eighth overall on the first day of preliminaries.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aurimas Valaitis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. Rusticus, Oene (9 July 2006). "Italy Highlights Third Day of European Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. Whitten, Phillip (14 August 2004). "Prelims, Men's 100 Breaststroke: Kitajima, Hansen Qualify One-Two; Japanese Sets Olympic Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.


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