Valdas Kazlauskas

{{short description|Lithuanian racewalker}}

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Valdas Kazlauskas (born 23 February 1958 in Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/valdas-kazlauskas-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095111/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/valdas-kazlauskas-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Valdas Kazlauskas |access-date=30 July 2012}}) is a retired male racewalker and athletics coach from Lithuania. He competed for his native Baltic country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in 44th place (1:28.33) in the men's 20 km race walk event. Kazlauskas set his personal best (1:19.29) in the same distance on 19 February 1989 in Sochi. Valdas Kazlauskas achieved the World and European Record for the 20 km Race Walking with the performance of 1:20:37 on the 16 September 1983 in Moscow. Valdas Kazlasukas reached 27 national records, 1 European record and 3 world records.

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing the {{URS}}
1983

|Soviet Athletics Championships

|Moscow, Russia

|1st

|20 km

|1:20:37

1987

|World Race Walking Cup

|New York City, United States

|9th

|20 km

|1:21:49

colspan="6"|Representing {{LTU}}
1994

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|19th

|20 km

|1:27:02

1995

|World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|32nd

|20 km

|1:33:54

1996

|Olympic Games

|Atlanta, United States

|44th

|20 km

|1:28:33

References

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  • {{World Athletics}}
  • [http://www.lse.lt/index.php?4283668346 Lithuanian sport encyclopedia]