Andrius Šidlauskas (swimmer)

Andrius Šidlauskas
Personal information
Nationality Lithuania
Born (1997-04-06) April 6, 1997 (age 28)
Panevėžys, Lithuania[1]
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubPanevėžio Žemyna

Andrius Šidlauskas (born 6 April 1997) is a Lithuanian breaststroke swimmer.

In 2015 Šidlauskas won gold and bronze in 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. In 2066 he qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

In 2019, he represented Lithuania at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.[3]

2023 season

2021 Summer World University Games

At the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China, Šidlauskas will compete in three events: the 50 m breaststroke, 100 m breaststroke, and 200 m breaststroke.

In his first event, 100 m breaststroke, Šidlauskas achieved the bronze medal, with a time of 59.89, but narrowly missed out on the silver medal by three-hundredths of a second (0.03) behind Poland's Jan Kulakowski.[4]

International championships (50 m)

Meet 50 breast 100 breast 200 breast 200 medley 4×100 medley
EC 2014 20th 34th 5th
OG 2016 N/a 23rd
WC 2017 6th 28th 17th
EC 2018 22nd 6th 6th 4th
WC 2019 14th 20th 30th 11th
EC 2020 26th 6th 10th 9th
OG 2020 N/a 13th 16th 15th[a]
WC 2022 14th 8th 20th 19th[a]
EC 2022 12th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5th 11th
a Team Lithuania was disqualified in the heats

References

  1. ^ "Andrius Šidlauskas". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ A. Šidlauskas paskutiniu bandymu įšoko į olimpinį traukinį
  3. ^ "Entry list" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. ^ 2023 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES: DAY 2 FINALS LIVE RECAP