Virgilijus ALEKNA

Virgilijus Alekna - Lithuania - 2004 Olympic Games Discus Champion .

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 23 August 2004

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Sunday, 13 February 1972
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Terpeikiai, Kupiskis, Lithuania
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Lithuania
    • Event(s)
      Discus
    • Championship Performances
      Olympics: 2000 & 2004 Gold Discus, 2008 bronze Discus.
      Worlds:
      1997 & 2001 silver Discus, 2003 & 2005 Gold Discus.
      European: 1998 bronze Discus, 2002 silver Discus, 2006 Gold Discus.
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Virgilijus ALEKNA - Lithuania - 2004 Olympic Games Discus Champion .

The photo above shows Virgilijus during the final of the Discus at the

2004 Olympics in Athens. Alekna originally won the silver but was elevated

to the Gold medal position after Robert Fazekas was disqualified following

a failed drugs test. Alekna's throw of 69.89m also became the new

Olympic record, eclipsing Lars Riedel's throw of 69.40m at the 1996 Atlanta games.

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Men's Discus Final.

Olympic Games 2004.


1. Virgilijus Alekna   LIT   69.89m OR
2. Zoltan Kovago   HUN   67.04m
3. Aleksander Tammert   EST   66.66m
4. Vasiliy Kaptyukh   BLR   65.10m
5. Frantz Kruger   RSA   64.34m
6. Casey Malone   USA   64.33m
7. Lars Riedel   GER   62.80m
8. Hannes Hopley   RSA   62.58m
Robert Fazekas   HUN   DSQ