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| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 1979 Kaunas, Lithuania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Education Academy, Kaunas[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Siegfried (Hallbergmoos, Germany)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Valentinas Mizgaitis, Grigori Kazovski[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mindaugas Mizgaitis (born 14 October 1979) is a retired heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Lithuania. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 2008; he was promoted to the second place after disqualification of Khasan Baroyev in November 2016.[3] Mizgaitis also competed in several world and European championships between 1999 and 2010 with the best result of third place at the 2010 European and fourth place at the 2003 World Championships.[1]
References
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- 1 2 Mindaugas Mizgaitis. sports-reference.com
- 1 2 3 Mindaugas MIZGAITIS. nbcolympics.com
- ↑ Malinauskas, Valdas (18 November 2016). "Po dopingo skandalo – imtynininko M.Mizgaičio šuolis į neregėtas aukštumas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
External links
- Mindaugas Mizgaitis at the International Wrestling Database
- Mindaugas Mizgaitis at Olympedia
- Mindaugas Mizgaitis at the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee (in Lithuanian)
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