Valdemaras Venckaitis

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Valdemaras Venckaitis
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Born (1983-09-04) September 4, 1983 (age 41)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event Greco-Roman
ClubLOSC Vilnius (LTU)
Coached byRuslan Vartanov
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
World Wrestling Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Baku 74 kg

Valdemaras Venckaitis (born September 4, 1983 in Vilnius) is a Greco-Roman wrestler from Lithuania, who competed for the men's 74 kg (middleweight division) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [1] He was eliminated in the first round of the competition, after being defeated by Peru's Sixto Barrera, and finished in fourteenth place.

Venckaitis also won the bronze medal for his category at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is the brother of Edgaras Venckaitis, who later competed for the lightweight division at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valdemaras Venckaitis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2012.