Egidijus Balčiūnas
Lithuanian canoeist
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Egidijus_Bal%C4%8Di%C5%ABnas_2024.jpg/220px-Egidijus_Bal%C4%8Di%C5%ABnas_2024.jpg)
Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Men's canoe sprint | ||
World Championships | ||
![]() | 2001 Poznań | K-2 200 m |
![]() | 2002 Seville | K-2 200 m |
![]() | 2003 Gainesville | K-2 200 m |
![]() | 2001 Poznań | K-2 500 m |
![]() | 2005 Zagreb | K-2 200 m |
![]() | 2003 Gainesville | K-2 500 m |
![]() | 2005 Zagreb | K-2 500 m |
European Championships | ||
![]() | 2004 Poznań | K-2 200 m |
![]() | 2004 Poznań | K-2 500 m |
![]() | 2006 Račice | K-2 200 m |
![]() | 2008 Milan | K-2 200 m |
![]() | 2008 Milan | K-2 500 m |
Egidijus Balčiūnas (born 7 May 1975, in Marijampolė) is a Lithuanian sprint canoer. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-2 200 m: 2001, 2002, 2003), two silvers (K-2 200 m: 2005, K-2 500 m: 2001), and two bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2003, 2005).
Balčiūnas also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh in the K-2 500 m event at Athens in 2004.
Balčiūnas now lives in Vilnius. He is 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) tall and weighs 89 kg (196 lb).
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Egidijus Balčiūnas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- v
- t
- e
- 1994: Poland (Maciej Freimut & Adam Wysocki)
- 1995: United States (Stein Jorgensen & John Mooney)
- 1997: Hungary (Vince Fehérvári & Róbert Hegedűs)
- 1998: Hungary (Vince Fehérvári & Róbert Hegedűs)
- 1999: Hungary (Vince Fehérvári & Róbert Hegedűs)
- 2001: Lithuania (Alvydas Duonėla & Egidijus Balčiūnas)
- 2002: Lithuania (Alvydas Duonėla & Egidijus Balčiūnas)
- 2003: Lithuania (Alvydas Duonėla & Egidijus Balčiūnas)
- 2005: Serbia and Montenegro (Dragan Zorić & Ognjen Filipović)
- 2006: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter)
- 2007: Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka & Vadzim Makhneu)
- 2009: Belarus (Vadzim Makhneu & Raman Piatrushenka)
- 2010: France (Arnaud Hybois & Sébastien Jouve)
- 2011: France (Arnaud Hybois & Sébastien Jouve)
- 2013: Russia (Yury Postrigay & Alexander Dyachenko)
- 2014: Serbia (Nebojša Grujić & Marko Novaković)
- 2015: Hungary (Sándor Tótka & Péter Molnár)
- 2017: Hungary (Balázs Birkás & Márk Balaska)
- 2018: Hungary (Balázs Birkás & Márk Balaska)
- 2019: Russia (Yury Postrigay & Alexander Dyachenko)
![]() ![]() | This article about a Lithuanian canoeist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e