Marius Paškevičius

Marius Paškevičius
Personal information
Born (1979-10-31) 31 October 1979 (age 45)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryLithuania
SportJudo
Weight class+100 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2000, 2012)
World Champ.Bronze (2009)
European Champ.Bronze (2012, 2014)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Lithuania
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rotterdam +100 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Chelyabinsk +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Montpellier +100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2012 Qingdao +100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Samsun +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Amsterdam +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Budapest +100 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bucharest ‍–‍100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF535
JudoInside.com3077
Updated on 28 August 2023

Marius Paškevičius (born 31 October 1979) is a Lithuanian judoka.[1]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2000 Olympic Games AC (-100 kg)
2008 European Championships 7th (+100 kg)
2009 World Championships 3rd (+100 kg)
2010 European Championships 5th (+100 kg)
2012 European Championships 3rd (+100 kg)

He achieved semi-finals in the heavyweight division at the 2015 European Judo Championships, which coincided with the 2015 European Games, losing to the eventual Gold medal winner Adam Okruashvili of Georgia.[2]

On November 1, 2015, he competed in Grand Slam judo in Abu Dhabi, winning at least one round by ippon.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marius Paškevičius". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ Nick Butler (25 June 2015). "Okruashvili claims Georgian heavyweight judo gold as Dutch delight at Baku 2015". InsideTheGames.Biz.
  3. ^ "Toma Nikiforov verovert brons op Grandslam judo Abu Dhabi". Het Nieuwsblad.
  4. ^ "Toma Nikiforov (-100kg) prend le bronze à Abu Dhabi". Belga News. 1 November 2015.


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