Rytis Sakalauskas
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Rytis Sakalauskas (born January 1, 1987) is a track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 sprint athlete
Sprint (race)
Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...

 who competes internationally for Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

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In 2010 he reached world record in alternative indoor 150 m running event.

At 30 May 2010 in Lausitzer Meeting Sakalauskas reached 100 metres national record
Lithuanian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Lithuania maintained by Lithuanian national athletics federation: Lietuvos Lengvosios Atletikos Federacija .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceOT = oversized track...

. After few months new Lithuanian 100 metres record was reached by Martynas Jurgilas
Martynas Jurgilas
Martynas Jurgilas is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.On 12 June 2010 in Liberty, Missouri, USA, Jurgilas set a new 100 metres national record of 10.27 seconds...

. At IAAF Diamond League
IAAF Diamond League
The Samsung Diamond League is an annual series of track and field meetings held from 2010 onwards, beginning with the 2010 IAAF Diamond League...

 he again reached national record - 10.24. in 2011 Lithuanian championships he reached national record of 10.18.

Personal bests

Event Time (sec
Second
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Venue Date
60 metres
60 metres
60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes...

 
6.70 Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...

, Russia
7 January 2011
100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

 
10.18 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...

, Lithuania
23 July 2011
150 metres  15,53 Korsholm
Korsholm
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, Finland
11 February 2010

Achievements

2006 Lithuanian Championships
2006 Lithuanian Athletics Championships
The 83rd 2006 Lithuanian Athletics Championships were held in S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas on 21-22 July, 2006.- Men :- Women :- External links :* *...

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...

, Lithuania
1st 100 m
2009 Universiade
Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade
The athletics competition at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade, Serbia from July 7 to July 12, 2009.-Men's events:In Long Jump, Kim Deok-Hyeon's record is not unofficial....

Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, Serbia
5th 100 m
Lithuanian Championships
2009 Lithuanian Athletics Championships
The 2009 Lithuanian Athletics Championships were held in S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas on August 1–2, 2009. The Championships was also qualifications for 2009 World Championships in Athletics.- Men :- Women :- Medals by city:...

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...

, Lithuania
1st 100 m
2010 Botnia Games Korsholm
Korsholm
Korsholm is a municipality of Finland. The town of Vaasa was founded in Korsholm parish in 1606 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city. It is a coastal, mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago...

, Finland
1st 150 m indoor WR
Memorial Van Damme
Memorial Van Damme
Memorial van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium that takes place in late August or early September...

 European Union Cup
Brussels
Brussels
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, Belgium
2nd 100 m NR
Lithuanian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Lithuania maintained by Lithuanian national athletics federation: Lietuvos Lengvosios Atletikos Federacija .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceOT = oversized track...

2011 European Indoor Championships
2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 4 to 6 March 2011.A record high of 630 athletes, representing 46 countries, were entered into the three-day competition. Twenty-six track and field events were contested at the...

Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France
15th (sf) 60 m 6.71
2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The Men's 60 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 5–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:55 local time. -Records:-Heats:First 4 in each heat and 4 best performers advanced to the Semifinals....

Universiade
Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade
The athletics competition at the 2011 Summer Universiade has been held at the New Shenzhen Stadium in Shenzhen, China from August 16 to August 21, 2011.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal Table:-Participating nations:...

Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...

, China
2nd 100 m 10.14
Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres
The Men's 100 metres at the 2011 Summer Universiade took place on 16–17 August.The gold medal was won by Jacques Harvey of Jamaica in a time of 10.14 seconds and was followed home by Rytis Sakalauskas of Lithuania in silver and Su Bingtian of China in bronze-Medalists:-Heats:The first round was...

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