Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė

{{Short description|Lithuanian racewalker (born 1985)}}

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Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė (born 1 February 1985 in Alytus) is a female professional race walker who competes internationally for Lithuania. She participated at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and reached 24th place. She is also a Lithuanian National Radio and Television sports journalist. In 2010, she became national champion at the Druskininkai 10 km walking event, winning in a personal best of 44:42 minutes.

International competitions

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colspan="6"|Representing {{LTU}}
2001

|World Youth Championships

|Debrecen, Hungary

|5th

|5000 m walk

|23:59.84

2003

|European Junior Championships

|Tampere, Finland

|4th

|10000 m walk

|48:00.26

rowspan=2|2004

|World Race Walking Cup

|Naumburg, Germany

|13th

|10 km walk

|50:41

World Junior Championships

|Grosseto, Italy

|9th

|10000 m walk

|48:51.25

2006

|World Race Walking Cup

|A Coruña, Spain

|51st

|20 km walk

|1:41:28

rowspan=2|2007

|European U23 Championships

|Debrecen, Hungary

|8th

|20 km walk

|1:36:38

Universiade

|Bangkok, Thailand

|10th

|20 km walk

|1:41:06

2008

|World Race Walking Cup

|Cheboksary, Russia

|39th

|20 km walk

|1:36:52

rowspan=2|2009

|European Race Walking Cup

|Metz, France

|20th

|20 km

|1:40:41

World Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|24th

|20 km walk

|1:36:28

rowspan=2|2010

|World Race Walking Cup

|Chihuahua, Mexico

|29th

|20 km walk

|1:42:05

European Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|13th

|20 km walk

|1:35:00

rowspan=2|2011

|European Race Walking Cup

|Olhão, Portugal

|16th

|20 km

|1:34:35

World Championships

|Daegu, South Korea

|29th

|20 km walk

|1:38:39

rowspan=2|2012

|World Race Walking Cup

|Saransk, Russia

|41st

|20 km

|1:38:25

Olympic Games

|London, United Kingdom

|25th

|20 km

|1:31:58

rowspan=2|2013

|European Race Walking Cup

|Dudince, Slovakia

|18th

|20 km

|1:35:46

World Championships

|Moscow, Russia

|20th

|20 km

|1:31:58

rowspan=2|2014

|World Race Walking Cup

|Taicang, China

|34th

|20 km

|1:31:24

European Championships

|Zurich, Switzerland

|18th

|20 km walk

|1:32:46

rowspan=2|2015

|European Race Walking Cup

|Murcia, Spain

|14th

|20 km

|1:30:37

World Championships

|Beijing, China

|7th

|20 km

|1:30:20

References

  • {{World Athletics}}