Andrius Gudžius
Lithuanian discus thrower (born 1991)
Gudžius during 2017 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1991-02-14) 14 February 1991 (age 33) Kaunas, Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 136 kg (300 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
References
- Andrius Gudžius at World Athletics
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrius Gudžius.
- Andrius Gudžius at Diamond League
- Andrius Gudžius at Olympedia
- Andrius Gudžius at Olympics.com
- Andrius Gudžius at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (in Lithuanian)
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Preceded by | Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year 2017, 2018 | Succeeded by |
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World champions in men's discus throw
- 1983: Imrich Bugár (TCH)
- 1987: Jürgen Schult (GDR)
- 1991: Lars Riedel (GER)
- 1993: Lars Riedel (GER)
- 1995: Lars Riedel (GER)
- 1997: Lars Riedel (GER)
- 1999: Anthony Washington (USA)
- 2001: Lars Riedel (GER)
- 2003: Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
- 2005: Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
- 2007: Gerd Kanter (EST)
- 2009: Robert Harting (GER)
- 2011: Robert Harting (GER)
- 2013: Robert Harting (GER)
- 2015: Piotr Małachowski (POL)
- 2017: Andrius Gudžius (LTU)
- 2019: Daniel Ståhl (SWE)
- 2022: Kristjan Čeh (SLO)
- 2023: Daniel Ståhl (SWE)
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