The Lithuanian National Road Race Championships have been held since 1997.
The Lithuanian National Road Race Championships have been held since 1997.
Sportin Lithuania is governed by the Physical Education and Sports Department following the country's independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. The Lithuanian government established the department to manage physical education in the schools and sports administration in the country. Over the next few years, Lithuanian sports organizations established membership in international governing bodies. Lithuania participated in the Winter Olympics in Albertville and has participated in every Winter and Summer Olympics since.
Diana Žiliūtė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated women's road racing in the late 1990s.
Robertas Javtokas is a Lithuanian professional basketball executive and former player. He most recently served as sports director of Žalgiris Kaunas. Standing at 2.11 m, he played the center position. He has been a member of the senior men's Lithuanian national team since 2004. In the 2001 NBA draft, he was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 55th overall pick.
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and as of 2019 a mixed team relay.
Ignatas Konovalovas is a Lithuanian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. Konovalovas has won the Lithuanian National Time Trial Championships seven times, in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2017.
Lithuania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.
Lithuania participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore City, Singapore. 24 athletes received the right to participate in championships: 7 track and field athletes, 4 basketball players, 3 swimmers, 2 boxers, 2 modern pentathlon athletes, 2 judo athletes, 1 gymnast, 1 rower, 1 canoer, 1 sailer.
Svetlana Pauliukaitė is a Lithuanian professional track and road cyclist. National road and track championships winner. In 2008 Pauliukaitė represented Lithuania at 2008 Summer Olympics in track cycling events. She won 12 national championships medals. She also represented Lithuania in three world championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She married with Matthias Draeger and has two children.
Ramūnas Navardauskas is a Lithuanian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2022 for Cannondale–Drapac, Bahrain–Merida, Nippo–Delko–One Provence and the Voltas Cycling Team. Following his retirement as a rider, Navardauskas now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team EF Education–Nippo Development Team.
Gediminas Bagdonas is a Lithuanian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Klaipeda–Splendid, Ulan, Team Piemonte, An Post–Sean Kelly and AG2R La Mondiale teams. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. Following his retirement, Bagdonas now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Kaunas Cycling Team.
Remigijus Lupeikis is a Lithuanian former track and road racing cyclist. Initially competing for the Soviet Union prior to its breakup, he had a long career riding for Lithuania, which included competing in both road and track events at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Pasta Zara–Cogeas is a former professional cycling team based in Lithuania, which was competing in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup.
Daiva Ragažinskienė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist, who currently rides for Lithuanian amateur team Colibri Cycling. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.
The Lithuanian National Time Trial Championships have been held since 1995.
Olivija Baleišytė is a Lithuanian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano. Representing Lithuania at international competitions, Baleišytė competed at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the elimination race and individual pursuit events. In 2020 Baleišytė was awarded the Lithuanian Cycling Federation title for Lithuanian female cyclist of the year.
Lithuania competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and tenth overall in Summer Olympic history.
Lithuania at the UCI Road World Championships is an overview of the Lithuanian results at the UCI Road World Championships. The Lithuania competitors are selected by coaches of the Lithuanian Cycling Federation.
Lithuania competed at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September–6 October 2019.
Lithuania competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from 15 to 24 July 2022. Lithuania entered 9 athletes.
The Soviet Union National Road Race Championships were cycling races that were held annually to determine the Soviet cycling champion in road racing, across several categories of riders. The event was first held in 1947 and was won by Vladimir Lassi. Up until 1989 the Soviet cyclists were not allowed to compete as professionals so all the national championships were classed as amateur events. From 1989 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the race was considered professional.