Alex Zaliauskas (born 20 April 1971 in Toronto) is a Canadian retired

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er. Zaliauskas competed at the 1991 World Championships, the 1992 Olympic Games, the 1993 World Indoor Championships and the 1993 World Championships without reaching the final. Zaliauskas's personal best jump is 2.31 metres, achieved in July 1991 in

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.World men's all-time best high jump (last updated 2001)
/ref> Zaliauskas was a member of the '90 Commonwealth Games team before competing in '92 at the Barcelona Olympics. Zaliauskas's talents also shone as a student athlete, where he continued to dominate winning 5 CIAU titles while still holding both OUA and U Sports records.

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* 1971 births Living people Athletes from Toronto Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canadian male high jumpers Canadian people of Lithuanian descent Olympic track and field athletes of Canada Track and field athletes from Ontario World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub