Simonas Bilis
{{Short description|Lithuanian swimmer (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Simonas Bilis
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| nationality = Lithuanian
| strokes = Freestyle
| club = Energy Standard
Panevėžio Žemyna
| coach = Ina Simeliūnaitė, Todd DeSorbo
| collegeteam = North Carolina State University
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Panevėžys, Lithuania
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.99 m
| weight = 103 kg
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry | {{LTU}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Windsor | 100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | 2016 Windsor | 50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | Baltic States Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2021 Klaipėda | 100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 2021 Klaipėda | 4x100 m medley}}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Riga | 4x100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze | 2011 Riga | 100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | 2011 Riga | 4x100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCountry | the NC State Wolfpack}}
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{{MedalCount
|NCAA Championships|1|7|2
|Total|1|7|2
}}
{{MedalCount|type=By race|total=yes
|50 y freestyle|0|1|1
|100 y freestyle|0|2|0
|200 y freestyle|0|0|1
|4×50 y freestyle|0|1|0
|4×100 y freestyle|1|1|0
|4×200 y freestyle|0|2|0
}}
{{MedalCompetition | NCAA Championships }}
{{MedalGold|2016 Atlanta |4×100 y freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Iowa City |100 y freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Iowa City |4×100 y freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Iowa City |4×200 y freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Atlanta |50 y freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Atlanta |100 y freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Atlanta |4×50 y freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Atlanta |4×200 y freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Iowa City |50 y freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Iowa City |200 y freestyle}}
}}
Simonas Bilis (born 11 November 1993) is a Lithuanian swimmer. He is the current national record holder in the 50-meter, 100-meter freestyle (long course) and 50-meter, 100-meter freestyle (short course).
Bilis represented Lithuania at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships where he finished 20th in 50m freestyle. In 2016, he broke national record with 48.64 in men's 100m freestyle and qualified for 2016 Olympics.[http://www.delfi.lt/sportas/kitos-sporto-sakos/plaukikas-s-bilis-pasieke-nauja-lietuvos-rekorda-ir-ivykde-rio-normatyva.d?id=70939614 Plaukikas S. Bilis pasiekė naują Lietuvos rekordą ir įvykdė Rio normatyvą] He finished 8th place in the 50 meter Freestyle at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
In November 2022 Bilis announced about his retirement from sport.[https://www.delfi.lt/sportas/kitos-sporto-sakos/buves-pasaulio-cempionas-traukiasi-is-sporto-del-tebekamuojancios-traumos.d?id=91718953 Buvęs pasaulio čempionas traukiasi iš sporto dėl tebekamuojančios traumos]
International Swimming League
In the Autumn of 2019 he was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.{{Cite web |url=https://isl.global/club-rosters/ |title=Club Rosters – International Swimming League |language=en-US |access-date=17 April 2020}} Since 2019 he has trained with the club full-time.
Personal bests
| |
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="5" | Long course | |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| Event | align="center" | Time | align="center" | Meet | |
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| 50 m freestyle | align="center" | 21.70 NR |
| 100 m freestyle | align="center" | 48.64 NR
|2016 Canadian Olympic and Para-swimming Trials |
||
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" | Short course | |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| Event | align="center" | Time | align="center" | Meet | |
| 50 m freestyle | align="center" | 20.98 NR |
| 100 m freestyle | align="center" | 46.11 NR |
|}
International championships (50 m)
| class="sortable wikitable"
! Meet ! class="unsortable"|50 free ! class="unsortable"|100 free ! class="unsortable"|200 free ! class="unsortable"|4×100 free ! class="unsortable"|4×200 free ! class="unsortable"|4×100 medley ! class="unsortable"|4×100 medley (mix) | |||||||
| style="background:#ccccff| EC 2012 | align="center"|38th | align="center"|47th | align="center"|36th | style="background:#fdffe7"| | style="background:#fdffe7"| | style="background:#fdffe7"| | {{n/a}} |
| style="background:#ccccff| EC 2014 | align="center"|32nd | align="center"|46th | align="center"|35th | align="center"|7th | style="background:#fdffe7"| | style="background:#fdffe7"| | {{n/a}} |
| WC 2015 | align="center"|20th | style="background:#fdffe7"| | style="background:#fdffe7"| | align="center"|19th | style="background:#fdffe7"| | style="background:#fdffe7"| | style="background:#fdffe7"| |
| style="background:#ccccff| EC 2016 | align="center"|9th | align="center"|10th | style="background:#fdffe7"| | align="center"|11th | style="background:#fdffe7"| | align="center"|5th | {{n/a}} |
| style="background:#f0e68c"| OG 2016 | align="center"|8th | align="center"|30th | style="background:#f0e68c"| | style="background:#f0e68c"| | style="background:#f0e68c"| | align="center"|14th | {{n/a}} |
| WC 2017 | align="center"|29th | align="center"|43rd | style="background:#fdffe7"| | style="background:#fdffe7"| | style="background:#fdffe7"| | align="center"|17th | style="background:#fdffe7"| |
| style="background:#ccccff| EC 2018 | align="center"|5th | align="center"|12th | style="background:#fdffe7"| | align="center"|13th | align="center"|12th | align="center"|4th | style="background:#fdffe7"| |
| WC 2019 | align="center"|21st | align="center"|21st | style="background:#fdffe7"| | style="background:#fdffe7"| | style="background:#fdffe7"| | align="center"|11th | style="background:#fdffe7"| |
| style="background:#ccccff| EC 2020 | align="center"|42nd | align="center"|29th | style="background:#fdffe7"| | align="center"|16th | style="background:#fdffe7"| | align="center"|9th | align="center"|24th |
| style="background:#f0e68c"| OG 2020 | style="background:#f0e68c"| | style="background:#f0e68c"| | style="background:#f0e68c"| | style="background:#f0e68c"| | style="background:#f0e68c"| | align="center"|15th{{ref label|a|a|a}} | style="background:#f0e68c"| |
:{{note label|a|a|a}} Team Lithuania was disqualified in the heats
References
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External links
- {{World Aquatics}}
- {{International Swimming League}}
- {{Swimrankings}}
- {{Olympics.com|org_archive=20210128143307}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{LTOK profile}}
{{Energy Standard roster}}
{{Footer World SC Champions 100m Freestyle Men}}
{{ACC Swimmer of the Year navbox}}
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Category:Lithuanian male freestyle swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for Lithuania
Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Category:Swimmers from Panevėžys
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