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| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Discus 67.23m (Jelgava, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Martynas Alekna (born 25 August 2000) is a Lithuanian discus thrower. [1]
He is the son of double Olympic discus throw champion Virgilijus Alekna and older brother of Mykolas Alekna. Aged 15 years-old, he won the Lithuanian U18 national championships in the discus. [2]
He had a personal best distance of 67.23 in Jelgava, Latvia in June 2023. [3] He finished in second place at the Lithuanian national championships in July 2023. [4] He subsequently competed for Lithuania at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, throwing best of 62.57 metres. [5] [6]
He finished second at the Canaries International in Tenerife in May 2024 with a distance of 66.59 metres. [7] He finished ninth at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat with a throw of 63.93 metres. [8] He competed in the discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024. [9]
His brother Mykolas Alekna is also a discus thrower. [10] His sister Gabrielė Aleknaitė is a long jumper. [11]
