Mindaugas Mizgaitis

Mindaugas Mizgaitis
Mizgaitis (right) and Rulon Gardner (left) at the 2004 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityLithuanian
Born (1979-10-14) 14 October 1979 (age 45)
Kaunas, Lithuania[1]
EducationEducation Academy, Kaunas[2]
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
ClubSiegfried (Hallbergmoos, Germany)[2]
Coached byValentinas Mizgaitis, Grigori Kazovski[2]
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Lithuania
Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 120 kg
European Wrestling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Baku 120 kg
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Izmir 120 kg
Lithuanian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Vilnius 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vilnius 120 kg

Mindaugas Mizgaitis (born 14 October 1979) is a retired heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Lithuania. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 2008; he was promoted to the second place after disqualification of Khasan Baroev in November 2016.[3] Mizgaitis also competed in several world and European championships between 1999 and 2010 with the best result of third place at the 2010 European and fourth place at the 2003 World Championships.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mindaugas Mizgaitis. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b c Mindaugas MIZGAITIS. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ Malinauskas, Valdas (18 November 2016). "Po dopingo skandalo – imtynininko M.Mizgaičio šuolis į neregėtas aukštumas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2016.


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