Rimvydas Šalčius
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| Full name | Rimvydas Šalčius | ||||||||||||
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 Lithuania | ||||||||||||
| Born |
30 January 1985 Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||
| Club | Silainiai | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rimvydas Šalčius (born January 30, 1985) is a Lithuanian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] He is a multiple-time Lithuanian champion, and a two-time national record holder in both the men's butterfly and medley relay events. He also set a junior record time of 53.25 seconds by winning the gold medal in the men's 100 m butterfly at the 2003 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[2]
Salcius made his Olympic debut, as a 19-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 100 m butterfly. He touched out Colombia's Camilo Becerra by a quarter of a second (0.25) to take a fourth spot and thirty-fifth overall in the fourth heat, with a time of 54.45 seconds.[3][4]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Salcius qualified for his second Lithuanian team in the men's 100 m butterfly. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 54.16 from the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[5][6] Unlike his previous Games, Salcius posted his lifetime best and broke a Lithuanian record of 52.90 seconds to touch the wall first in heat 3 by less than 0.18 of a second ahead of three-time Olympian Jeremy Knowles of the Bahamas. Salcius failed to advance again into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth out of 66 swimmers in the prelims. He also tied his position with Canada's Joe Bartoch.[7]
References
- ↑ "Rimvydas Šalčius". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ↑ "Cseh Sets Second Mark as Four More Records Fall at Euro Juniors". Swimming World Magazine. 2 August 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ "2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Eindhoven, Netherlands) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Butterfly" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 34. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 22 November 2012.