Marius Žiūkas (born 29 June 1985 in

Prienai Prienai () is a city in Lithuania situated on the Nemunas River, south of Kaunas. In 2011 the city had 9,867 inhabitants. The name of the city is a derivative from a surname ''Prienas''. Pociūnai Airport is associated with the city. History ...

) is a race-walker who competes internationally for

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. He finished 35th in the 20 km walk at the

2008 Olympics 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 Nati ...

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. At the 2012 International Road Walking Festival in

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he won the 20 km race, finishing in front of

Arnis Rumbenieks Arnis Rumbenieks (born 4 April 1988) is a Latvian track and field athlete competing in road walking. Rumbenieks has competed at 2010 European Championships. At the 2012 International Road Walking Festival in Alytus, Lithuania he finished second b ...

. Žiūkas finished 40th in

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and 26th in

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. During

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...

he competed in 20km distance and finished in 11th place. From 1 June 2020 to 30 November 2020 Žiūkas is appointed as a head of

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functional office.LENGVAATLETIS MARIUS ŽIŪKAS LAIKINAI EIS SEIMO KANCLERIO PAREIGAS
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* 1985 births Living people Lithuanian male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Lithuania People from Birštonas Municipality 20th-century Lithuanian people 21st-century Lithuanian people {{lithuania-athletics-bio-stub