Mindaugas Mizgaitis

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 Baroyev 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]

Mindaugas Mizgaitis
Mizgaitis (right) at the 2004 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityLithuanian
Born (1979-10-14) 14 October 1979
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
Representing  Lithuania
Olympics
Silver medal – second place2008 Beijing120 kg
European Wrestling Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 Baku120 kg
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2005 Izmir120 kg
Lithuanian Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 Vilnius120 kg
Gold medal – first place2010 Vilnius120 kg

References

  1. Mindaugas Mizgaitis. sports-reference.com
  2. 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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