Kęstutis Navickas (born January 13, 1984) is a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. He competed at the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, China. Navickas was the bronze medalist at the 2015 Baku European Games in the men's singles event. Currently Navickas serves as Head of Coaches Council in

Lithuanian Badminton Federation Lithuanian Badminton Federation ( lt, Lietuvos badmintono federacija) is a national governing body of badminton sport in Lithuania. Federation also organising annual national Lithuanian National Badminton Championships and Lithuanian Internationa ...

. Kestutis Navickas played in the German club TV Refrath from 2005-2006 after that he change to the team of Gifhon. He won the

Lithuanian National Badminton Championships The Lithuanian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Lithuania. They are held since 1963. Organised by Lithuanian Badminton Federation Lithuanian Badminton Federation ( lt, Lietuvos badmin ...

in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. He competed at the

2006 IBF World Championships The 2006 IBF World Championships, the 15th tournament of the World Badminton Championships, was held in Madrid, the capital of Spain, from September 18 to 24, 2006. Host city selection Aarhus (Denmark) and Madrid (Spain) were the candidates fo ...

and lost in the second round against

Taufik Hidayat Taufik Hidayat (born 10 August 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. He is a former World, Olympic, Asian Games, and Asian champion, and the youngest world number one in the men's singles. Hidayat has won the Indonesia Open six tim ...

Achievements

European Games

''Men's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Kaunas Lithuanian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Lithuania Badminton players at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Lithuania European Games medalists in badminton Lithuanian badminton coaches {{Lithuania-badminton-bio-stub