Virgilijus alekna biography examples
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Men's Discus Throw Final
The three longest throws in Olympic history marked a momentous competition won by Hungary’s Robert Fazekas ** see note below - in an Olympic record of 70.93. In silver, was reigning Olympic and World champion Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania who did his best to harry the eventual gold medallist, while the bronze was also secured bygd Hungary, thanks to Zoltan Kovago.
You can’t argue with the quality of any competition which begins with Olympic records in the first two rounds, and tonight’s sista had the added significance of the first ever 70m plus throw in Olympic discus throwing history.
The pre-event billing was for this sista to be a two-man duel between Fazekas and Alekna and it played out exactly to that script.
Firstly the reigning mästare, throwing gods of the twelve finalists, opened with a mighty 69.89m, an Olympic record by 49cm.
Alekna, 32, had immediately placed his usual first round stamp on this competition and it was simply
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Track & Field Informed with Johnny O
Being asked if your dad is a national hero might have a heady effect on the average college freshman.
But Mykolas Alekna of UC Berkeley is not average—he is the top-ranked men’s collegiate discus thrower in the U.S. He paused to consider his answer in a recent telephone interview, then showed he takes in stride his father’s status as a giant of athletics in his native Lithuania.
“That’s a tough question,” Alekna said. “I don’t have an answer. But he’s well known. Everyone likes him.”
The 19-year-old has a similarly mild-mannered assessment of his own emerging greatness in the ancient field event dominated for many years by his father – Virgilijus Alekna – who used great size and strength to win a pair of gold medals in both the Olympic Games and World Championships.
So far Mykolas is doing it his own way—and already throwing out stats better than what his legendary dad was doing with the discus at age 23.
Virgilijus was a 6-foo
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Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuanian discus thrower and politician
Virgilijus Alekna at 2014 Lithuanian Championships in Athletics | |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
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| Born | (1972-02-13) 13 February 1972 (age 53) Terpeikiai, Lithuania |
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 130 kg (287 lb) |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Discus throw |
| Personal best | 73.88 m (2000) |
| Updated on 12 August 2012 | |
Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuanian pronunciation:[vʲɪrʲˈɡʲɪlʲɪjʊsɐlʲɛkˈnɐ]; 13 February 1972) is a Lithuanian former discus thrower and politician. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.
After retiring from athletics, Alekna was elected to the national parliament, the Seimas, in 2016.[citation needed]
He has three children – Martynas Alekna, the discus world record holder Mykolas Alekna, and Gabrielė Aleknaite.[1]
Athletics career
[edit]Alekna has won two gold medals in the Summer Olympics in the di