2009 Lithuanian Athletics Championships

The 2009
2009 in athletics (track and field)
This page contains an overview of the year 2009 in athletics.The major competition of the year was the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. At the event, Usain Bolt reaffirmed himself as one of the world's foremost athletes with world records in the 100 and 200 metres...

Lithuanian Athletics Championships
Lithuanian Athletics Championships
Lithuanian Athletics Championships – national champsionhips in athletics, organizating by Athletic Federation of Lithuania. Recent competitions were held in S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas since 2000. First competition was held in 1921...

were held in S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas

Kaunas

Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...

on August 1–2, 2009. The Championships was also qualifications for 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

Men

Event	1st place		2nd place		3rd place
100 m	Rytis Sakalauskas Rytis Sakalauskas Rytis Sakalauskas is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.In 2010 he reached world record in alternative indoor 150 m running event....	10,48	Žilvinas Adomavičius	10,65	Aivaras Pranckevičius	10,77
200 m	Rytis Sakalauskas Rytis Sakalauskas Rytis Sakalauskas is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.In 2010 he reached world record in alternative indoor 150 m running event....	21,07	Žilvinas Adomavičius	21,25	Egidijus Dilys	21,60
400 m	Linas Bružas	48,67	Domantas Žalga	48,87	Raimondas Turla	49,49
800 m	Vitalij Kozlov Vitalij Kozlov Vitalij Kozlov is a Lithuanian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished seventh at the 2007 European U23 Championships, and competed at the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.In 2009 he reached new national record in 800 m.His personal...	1.51,00	Marekas Strelkovskis	1:53,74	Darius Bagaslauskas	1:54,46
1 500 m	Petras Gliebus	3:52,10	Justinas Beržanskis	3:52,78	Tomas Matijošius	3:53,18
5 000 m	Robertas Geralavičius	14:45,78	Tomas Matijošius	14:48,16	Mindaugas Viršilas	15:04,73
10 000 m	Marius Diliūnas	31:10,91	Kęstutis Jankūnas	31:53,17	Tomas Venckūnas	31:58,52
4 x 100 m	Lithuanian U23 team Egidijus Dilys Rytis Sakalauskas Rytis Sakalauskas Rytis Sakalauskas is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.In 2010 he reached world record in alternative indoor 150 m running event.... Martas Skrabulis Aivaras Pranckevičius	40,75	Lithuanian U18 team Vainius Mieliauskas Domantas Žalga Kostas Skrabulis Žilvinas Mitrikevičius	41,93	Alytus Alytus Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania. It is the capital of Alytus County. Its population in 2007 was 68,835. Alytus is the historical centre of the Dzūkija region. The city lies on the banks of the Nemunas River. The major highways linking Vilnius, Kaunas, Lazdijai, and... 's team Ignas Slančiauskas Tomas Rėklys Marius Bagdonas Ramūnas Simanavičius	43,88
4 x 400 m	Team Atletas (Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation... ) Rimvydas Smilgys Mantas Saliamonas Aidas Krakauskas Žilvinas Adomavičius	3:19,34	Klaipėda Klaipeda Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County.... 's team Karolis Paulauskas Artūras Janauskas Tadas Petraitis Linas Bružas	3:20,15	Vilkaviškis Vilkaviškis Vilkaviškis Until 1940 the city had a large Jewish Community which was annihilated by the Nazis and their local collaborators. The whole Jewish population was killed in a single day,, after the entry of the Germans into the city.-Names:... 's team Modestas Saldukaitis Egidijus Rūkas Nerijus Markauskas Mindaugas Striokas	3:32,26
110 m hurdles	Artūras Janauskas	15,20	Andrius Latvinskas	15,35	Deividas Balčius	16,30
400 m hurdles	Silvestras Guogis Silvestras Guogis Silvestras Guogis is a Lithuanian 400 metres hurdler and sprinter.He represented Lithuania in 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics without reaching the final.-Achievements:...	52,20	Valdas Valintėlis	52,55	Artūras Kulnis	53,00
3 000 m steeplechase	Justinas Beržanskis	9:23,12	Andrej Jegorov	9:26,67	Justinas Križinauskas	9:37,09
Triple Jump	Mantas Dilys Mantas Dilys Mantas Dilys is a Lithuanian triple jumper, who also competed as decathlete. Hes personal record is 16.68 metres, reached at 2009 in Kaunas.He represented Lithuania in 2009 World Championships in Athletics without reaching the final....	16.68	Marius Vadeikis	15.61	Vytas Raugas	15.45
Long Jump	Marius Vadeikis	7.30	Darius Aučyna	7.18	Tomas Buivydas	7.14
High Jump	Raivydas Stanys Raivydas Stanys Raivydas Stanys is a Lithuanian high jumper. Hes personal record is 2.28 metres.He represented Lithuania in 2011 World Championships in Athletics.-Achievements:-References:...	2.24	Nerijus Bužas	2.15	Rimantas Mėlinis	2.10
Pole Vault	Audrius Zimkevičius	4.00	Irmantas Lianzbergas	4.00	Arnoldas Stanelis	3.80
Shot Put	Paulius Luožys	17.69	Rimantas Martišauskas	17.35	Romanas Morozka	17.08
Hammer Throw	Tomas Burkas	57.29	Martynas Šedys Martynas Šedys Martynas Šedys is a Lithuanian hammer thrower. In 2010 he represented Lithuania in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, where he finished in 5th place.-Achievements:-References:...	55.30	Andrius Stankevičius	51.24
Discus Throw	Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	68.44	Aleksas Abromavičius Aleksas Abromavičius Aleksas Abromavičius is a discus thrower, who competes internationally for Lithuania. Hes personal record is 63.32 metres reached in 2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships.-Achievements:-References:...	56.71	Giedrius Šakinis	54.22
Javelin Throw	Tomas Intas Tomas Intas Tomas Intas is a Lithuanian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 82.94 metres, achieved in September 2004 in Banská Bystrica.-Achievements:-External links:...	78.08	Arūnas Jurkšas	70.16	Ramūnas Butkus	69.71

Women

Event	1st place		2nd place		3rd place
100 m	Lina Grinčikaitė Lina Grincikaite Lina Grinčikaitė is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.Grinčikaitė represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Chandra Sturrup and Kelly-Ann Baptiste in a...	11,63	Silva Pesackaitė	11,90	Inesa Rimkevičiūtė	11,96
200 m	Silva Pesackaitė	24,23	Sonata Tamošaitytė Sonata Tamošaitytė Sonata Tamošaitytė is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for LithuaniaShe competed in 2009 World Championships in Athletics and reached 31st place in 100 m hurdles...	24,46	Inesa Rimkevičiūtė	24,95
400 m	Agnė Orlauskaitė Agnė Orlauskaitė Agnė Orlauskaitė is a Lithuanian sprinter, who mostly competes art 400 m running event. Her marathon personal record is 52.81 set at 2009 in Kaunas, European U23 Championships in Athletics.-Achievements:-References:...	54,17	Aina Valatkevičiūtė	55,89	Natalija Piliušina	56,62
800 m	Irina Krakoviak Irina Krakoviak Irina Krakoviak is a former track and field middle distance runner who competed internationally for Lithuania.In the 2000 Olympics she made her Olympic debut, where in 1500 metres distance she reached semi-final....	2:05,12	Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė is a track and field middle distance runner who competes internationally for Lithuania.She competed in the 2008 Olympics in 800 m distance and finished 22nd. She took part in the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas and placed 6th in the final...	2:05,31	Aina Valatkevičiūtė	2:06,01
1 500 m	Irina Krakoviak Irina Krakoviak Irina Krakoviak is a former track and field middle distance runner who competed internationally for Lithuania.In the 2000 Olympics she made her Olympic debut, where in 1500 metres distance she reached semi-final....	4:18,21	Eglė Krištaponytė	4:31,29	Evelina Uševaitė	4:37,10
5 000 m	Vaida Žūsinaitė	16:45,88	Gytė Norgilienė	18:06,54	Rūta Narkutė	19:37,24
10 000 m	Rasa Drazdauskaitė Rasa Drazdauskaitė Rasa Drazdauskaitė is a Lithuanian long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, finishing 37th in the marathon....	33:47,19	Živilė Balčiūnaitė Živile Balciunaite Živilė Balčiūnaitė is a Lithuanian long-distance runner. Balčiūnaitė won the marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championship in Barcelona and finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg...	34:32,38	Remalda Kergytė Remalda Kergytė Remalda Kergytė is a Lithuanian marathon and half marathon runner. Her marathon personal record is 2:38:48 set at 2008 in Dresden.She represented Lithuania in 2009 World Championships in Athletics, reaching 52nd place.-Achievements:...	35:48,00
4 x 100 m	Lithuanian U-23 team Silva Pesackaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė is a track and field various events athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.In 2010 she will represent Lithuania in 2010 European Athletics Championships.-References:... Sonata Tamošaitytė Sonata Tamošaitytė Sonata Tamošaitytė is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for LithuaniaShe competed in 2009 World Championships in Athletics and reached 31st place in 100 m hurdles... Lina Grinčikaitė Lina Grincikaite Lina Grinčikaitė is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.Grinčikaitė represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Chandra Sturrup and Kelly-Ann Baptiste in a...	44,85	Second united team Natalija Valetova Silvestra Malinauskaitė Eglė Andrijauskaitė Inesa Rimkevičiūtė	46,66
4 x 400 m	Team Viltis (Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation... ) Karolina Sodeikaitė Odeta Vaičiulytė Kristina Majauskaitė Agnė Orlauskaitė Agnė Orlauskaitė Agnė Orlauskaitė is a Lithuanian sprinter, who mostly competes art 400 m running event. Her marathon personal record is 52.81 set at 2009 in Kaunas, European U23 Championships in Athletics.-Achievements:-References:...	3:58,79	Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai , is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 133,900. It is the capital of Šiauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania.-Names:... 's team Svajūnė Lianzbergaitė Augustė Labenskytė Alina Grigaravičiūtė Evelina Uševaitė	4:13,96
100 m hurdles	Sonata Tamošaitytė Sonata Tamošaitytė Sonata Tamošaitytė is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for LithuaniaShe competed in 2009 World Championships in Athletics and reached 31st place in 100 m hurdles...	13,73	Sigita Lasavičiūtė	14,98	Laura Ušanovaitė	15,12
400 m hurdles	Kristina Jasinskaitė	1:01,90	Inesa Bolotina	1:02,17	Agnė Abramavičiūtė	1:04,30
3 000 m steeplechase	Evelina Uševaitė	11:07,76	Snežana Dopolskaitė	12:09,77	Augustė Labenskytė	12:09,97
Triple Jump	Jolanta Verseckaitė	13,72	Aistė Bernotaitytė	12,28	Indrė Sabaliauskaitė	12,09
Long Jump	Lina Andrijauskaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė is a track and field various events athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.In 2010 she will represent Lithuania in 2010 European Athletics Championships.-References:...	6,24	Eglė Kondrotaitė	6,04	Aistė Bernotaitytė	5,87
High Jump	Karina Vnukova Karina Vnukova Karina Vnukova is a Lithuanian high jumper.She finished eighth at the 2001 World Youth Championships. She later competed at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....	1,83	Airinė Palšytė Airinė Palšytė Airinė Palšytė is a Lithuanian high jumper.She finished fourth at the 2009 World Youth Championships and competed at the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final....	1,80	Milda Kulikauskaitė	1,75
Pole Vault	Vitalija Dejeva	3,40	Sandra Bingelytė	3,00	Kristina Sabalytė	2,90
Shot Put	Austra Skujytė Austra Skujyte Austra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....	17,28	Alina Vaišvilaitė	14,29	Virmantė Vaičekonytė	13,83
Hammer Throw	Vaida Kelečiūtė	49,03	Margarita Matulevičiūtė	47,21	Natalija Venckutė	46,49
Discus Throw	Austra Skujytė Austra Skujyte Austra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....	50,50	Giedrė Aleknaitė	46,64	Sabina Banytė	45,02
Javelin Throw	Indrė Jakubaitytė Indre Jakubaityte Indrė Jakubaitytė is a female javelin thrower from Lithuania. Her personal best throw is 63.65 metres, achieved in September 2007 in Kaunas. She competed at the 2007 World Championships, but without reaching the final.-Achievements:...	56,92	Viktorija Barvičiūtė	49,00	Giedrė Kupstytė	45,27

Medals by city

Pl.	City				Total
1	Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...	17	10	11	38
2	Vilnius Vilnius Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...	11	14	8	33
3	Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai , is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 133,900. It is the capital of Šiauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania.-Names:...	4	4	10	18
4	Klaipėda Klaipeda Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County....	3	5	2	10
5	Panevėžys Panevežys Panevėžys see also other names, is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2008, it occupied 50 square kilometers with 113,653 inhabitants. The largest multifunctional arena in Panevėžys is the Cido Arena...	2	3	0	5
6	United Team	2	2	0	4
7	Kaišiadorys Kaišiadorys Kaišiadorys is a city in central Lithuania. It is situated between Vilnius and Kaunas. Kaišiadorys is one of six Lithuanian diocese centres. It is home to the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ built in 1932. The Lithuanian Veterinary Institute is located there.-Etymology:Its name is...	1	0	0	1
8	Marijampolė Marijampole Marijampolė is an industrial city and the capital of the Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The population of Marijampolė is 48,700...	0	2	1	3
9	Paberžė	0	1	0	1
10	Alytus Alytus Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania. It is the capital of Alytus County. Its population in 2007 was 68,835. Alytus is the historical centre of the Dzūkija region. The city lies on the banks of the Nemunas River. The major highways linking Vilnius, Kaunas, Lazdijai, and...	0	0	1	1
10	Jurbarkas Jurbarkas Jurbarkas is a city in Tauragė County, Lithuania. It is on the right-hand shore of the Neman River at its confluence with the tributaries Mituva and Imsre...	0	0	1	1
10	Kretinga Kretinga Kretinga is a city in the Klaipėda County, Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kretinga district municipality. It is located east of the popular Baltic Sea resort town of Palanga, and about north of Lithuania's 3rd largest city and principal seaport, Klaipėda.The population was listed as 21,423...	0	0	1	1
10	Švenčionys Švencionys Švenčionys is a city located north of Vilnius in Lithuania. It is the capital of the Švenčionys district municipality. As of 2005, it had population of 5,658 of which about one-third is part of the Polish minority in Lithuania.- Name :...	0	0	1	1
10	Vilkaviškis Vilkaviškis Vilkaviškis Until 1940 the city had a large Jewish Community which was annihilated by the Nazis and their local collaborators. The whole Jewish population was killed in a single day,, after the entry of the Germans into the city.-Names:...	0	0	1	1

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.