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| Born | 30 March 1991 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mindaugas Maldonis (born 30 March 1991) is a Lithuanian sprint canoeist. Competing in the individual K-1 200 m event he won gold in 2021 World Cup stage 2 in Barnaul. [1]
In 2021 Maldonis was selected to represent Lithuania at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2] At the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Maldonis together with Andrejus Olijnikas won silver medal in K-2 500 m event. [3]
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