Mindaugas Mizgaitis

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Mindaugas Mizgaitis
Rulon Gardner vs Mindaugas Mizgaitis, Athens 2004.jpg
Mizgaitis (right) and Khasan Baroev (left) at the 2004 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityLithuanian
Born (1979-10-14) 14 October 1979 (age 44)
Kaunas, Lithuania [1]
EducationEducation Academy, Kaunas [2]
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
Sport Greco-Roman wrestling
ClubSiegfried (Hallbergmoos, Germany) [2]
Coached byValentinas Mizgaitis, Grigori Kazovski [2]
Medal record
Representing Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Olympics
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing 120 kg
European Wrestling Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Baku 120 kg
Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Izmir 120 kg
Lithuanian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2001 Vilnius120 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 Vilnius120 kg

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 Baroev 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mindaugas Mizgaitis. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 3 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.