Paulius Viktoravičius

Paulius Viktoravičius (born November 4, 1984) is a Lithuanian swimmer, who specialized in sprint and relay freestyle events.[1] He is a multiple-time Lithuanian swimming champion and record holder in both the freestyle and medley relay events.

Paulius Viktoravičius
Personal information
Full namePaulius Viktoravičius
National team Lithuania
Born (1984-11-04) 4 November 1984
Šiauliai,
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Viktoravicius made his first Lithuanian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, competing in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, along with his teammates Saulius Binevičius, Vytautas Janušaitis, and Rolandas Gimbutis. Swimming the third leg, Viktoravicius recorded a split of 50.20 seconds, and the Lithuanian team went on to finish heat two in sixth place and eleventh overall, for a total time of 3:19.28.[2]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Viktoravicius qualified as an individual swimmer for the men's 100 m freestyle, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 49.93 from the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[3][4] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including Czech Republic's Martin Verner and Shaune Fraser of the Cayman Islands. Viktoravicius raced to a second-place tie with Hungary's Balázs Makány, sharing their time at 49.27 seconds. Viktoravicius, however, failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the evening preliminaries.[5]

At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, Viktoravicius set a Lithuanian record time of 48.84 seconds in the preliminary heats of the men's 100 m freestyle.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paulius Viktoravičius". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  2. "Men's 4×100m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 6. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. "2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Eindhoven, Netherlands) – Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinals" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  5. "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 5". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  6. "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Men's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 February 2013.


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