Valdemaras Venckaitis (born September 4, 1983 in Vilnius) is a Greco-Roman wrestler from Lithuania, who competed for the men's 74 kg (middleweight division) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] He was eliminated in the first round of the competition, after being defeated by Peru's Sixto Barrera, and finished in fourteenth place.
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| Nationality |  Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| Born | September 4, 1983 Vilnius, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||
| Club | LOSC Vilnius (LTU) | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ruslan Vartanov | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Venckaitis also won the bronze medal for his category at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is the brother of Edgaras Venckaitis, who later competed for the lightweight division at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valdemaras Venckaitis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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