Mindaugas Sadauskas (born 14 June 1990) is a Lithuanian swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a multiple-time Lithuanian champion, who represented his country at the

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, LEN European Championships and other international competition. Sadauskas also represented Lithuania at the London Olympic Games in 2012. He has seven national level records at the moment. Sadauskas is also a member of the swimming team for

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at the

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. Sadauskas achieved multiple gold medals at the

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while studying at the SMU.

Personal life

Sadauskas was born in Panevezys, Lithuania, the son of Laima and Vygantas. He attended Panevezio Zemynos secondary school and represented his swim school all over the world. He graduated from high school in 2009. Sadauskas represented the

and

for four years with remarkable achievements. He received a Bachelor of Art degree from Southern Methodist University in 2014. After receiving a bachelor's degree, Sadauskas moved to

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, England, where he extended his swimming skills and also received a Masters of Science degree in International Logistics and Chain Supply Management in 2016. His swimming career started when he qualified for the

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in 2005. In 2018 Sadauskas married Bulgarian Olympic swimmer

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Career

2009

In 2009, Sadauskas won his first ever individual title at the

Championships in

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, posting a time of 0:44:18 sec. in the 100 yard Freestyle event. At the

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, Sadauskas represented

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and placed 36th in the

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event. He posted his new personal best time 0:49:26 sec. in the preliminary heats. However, he missed the semifinals by less than a second. Besides that, Sadauskas set an individual-split time of 48.90 seconds, and a national record of 3:16.47, along with his teammates

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, and Mindaugas Margis, in the men's 400 m freestyle relay at the

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. He also competed in the 50 m Freestyle event.

2010-2011

In 2010, Sadauskas took four gold medals in the individual events at the

Championships in

. He posted a time of 0:43:03 sec. in the 100yard Freestyle that qualified for

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. At the 2011 FINA World Championships in

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, Sadauskas placed 29th in the

event with the time 0:49:66 sec. He also competed in the 50 m Freestyle and placed 34th place. Sadauskas in both events failed to advance into the semifinals. Sadauskas represented

and

at the XXVI

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Games in

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. He posted a time of 0:50:14 sec. and took 8th place in the final of the 100m. Freestyle event.

2012 Summer Olympics

Sadauskas qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle at the

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, by breaking a meet record and eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 49.54 seconds from the Open Luxembourg Nationals in

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.. At the

, he challenged seven other Olympians in the fifth heat, including three-time Olympian and

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graduate

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of Switzerland. Sadauskas edged out Meichtry to take a fourth spot by 0.17 of a second, outside his entry time of 49.78 seconds. Sadauskas failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminaries. Besides that, Sadauskas competed at the FINA World Short Course Championship in

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. He qualified for the

semifinals with a time of 0:47:82 sec. However, he failed to advance to the final and placed 16th place.

2013-2014

In 2013, Sadauskas swam the second fastest time in the

history at the

, with a time of 0:42.77 sec. and qualified for the

. Sadauskas also raced at the Arena Grand Prix

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, where he finished 4th in the

with a time of 0:49:78 sec. Sadauskas was left behind by an Olympian champion

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, Richard Berens and another Olympian

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. In the summer of 2013, Sadauskas competed at the XXVII

Games in

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. During his performances, he qualified to the semifinals in the 50 m Freestyle and ended up in the 14th place with a time of 0:23:02 sec. At the 2013 FINA World Championships in

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, Sadauskas participated in the 50m. and 100 m. Freestyle events. However, he failed to advance to the finals. Besides that, Sadauskas and his teammates Danas Rapsys,

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and Tadas Duskinas participated in the 400 Medley Relay were they placed in 13th place with a new national record of 3:36:72. Sadauskas also set an individual-split time of 0:48:76seconds. At the 2013

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European Short Course Championship in

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, Sadauskas and his teammates Danas Rapsys,

and Tadas Duskinas were 4th in the 200Medley Relay with a time of 1:35:26sec. which was also a new national record. At the 2014 LEN European Long Course Championship in

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, Sadauskas placed two 7th places along with his teammates Danas Rapsys,

and Tadas Duskinas in the 400Medley Relay and 400Freestyle Relay with the times of 3:36:18 and 3:19:91seconds. In 2014,

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1 2th World Short Course Championships in

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, was another competition were Sadauskas placed 7th and 11th places. In the 200Medley Relay with a time of 1:34:35sec, which was also a new national record and 400Medley Relay with a time of 3:28:76 seconds.

2015 season

Sadauskas competed at the International de

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Meet, Canet-En-Rousillon,

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, where he was 8th in the

event with a time of 0:49:54 seconds. At the 52nd. Sette Colli International Trophy Meet in

, Sadauskas participated in the

event and was 6th with a time of 0:49:68 seconds and in the 50 m Freestyle event Sadauskas was 8th with a time of 0:22:54 seconds. At the FINA 16th World Championship in

, Sadauskas and his Lithuanian teammates Danas Rapsys,

and Tadas Duskinas made

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qualification standard. Sadauskas was part of the 400Medley Relay which was 12th overall and qualified for the Rio

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. At the 2015 LEN European Championship in

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, Sadauskas surprised

and the world with a new Lithuanian national record in the

event, which was 21-years-old. Overall, Sadauskas placed 7th with a time of 0:47:18 seconds.

Personal best times

References

External links

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