Rytis Sakalauskas

Rytis Sakalauskas
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Lithuania
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen 100 m
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Novi Sad 100 m

Rytis Sakalauskas (born 27 June 1987 in Alytus[1]) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.

In 2010 he broke the world record in the seldom run indoor 150 m running event.[2][3][4]

On 30 May 2010 at the Lausitzer Meeting Sakalauskas broke the 100 metres national record. After a few months, a new Lithuanian 100 metres record was set by Martynas Jurgilas. At the IAAF Diamond League Sakalauskas again broke the national record – 10.24. He broke the record again at the 2011 Lithuanian Championships with a time of 10.18.

At the 2012 European Championships held in Helsinki, Finland, Sakalauskas qualified for the final. The first start of the final was called back because Sakalauskas did not move upon start at all, which confused the starter. The second start was called back because Italy's Simone Collio moved too early and had to be disqualified. Again, at the third start Sakalauskas left himself behind the others and walked back to the start line without any intention of finishing the race. Before race Sakalauskas has announced that he wouldn't start at the final because of an injury he sustained after the semifinals.

Sakalauskas reached the semifinal of the 2014 and 2016 European Championship.[5][6]

Personal bests

Event Time (sec) Venue Date
60 metres 6.64 Volgograd, Russia 21 January 2012
100 metres 10.14 Shenzhen, China 17 August 2011
150 metres 15.53 Korsholm, Finland 11 February 2010
200 metres 20.74 Brussels, Belgium 16 September 2011

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Lithuania
2006 Lithuanian Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 1st 100 m 10.80
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 40.51
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 4th 100 m 10.38 (wind: 1.5 m/s)
Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 5th 100 m 10.41
5th 4 × 100 m relay 39.81
Lithuanian Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 1st 100 m 10.48
2010 Botnia Games Korsholm, Finland 1st 150 m indoor WR
Memorial Van Damme European Union Cup Brussels, Belgium 2nd 100 m 10.24 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 15th (sf) 60 m 6.71
Universiade Shenzhen, China 2nd 100 m 10.14 NR
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 9th (sf) 60 m 6.69
European Championships Helsinki, Finland — 100 m DNF

References

  1. ^ "IAAF: Rytis Sakalauskas | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  2. ^ 15min.lt
  3. ^ Other news
  4. ^ Botnia Games results
  5. ^ "Competitions - European Athletics Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  6. ^ "European Athletics Championships - 100m Men - Semifinal" (PDF). www.european-athletics.org. European Athletics. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.



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