Paulius Andrijauskas (born 29 September 1984) is a Lithuanian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. He currently holds two
Lithuanian records in the
200 m butterfly (2:01.98), and
4×200 m freestyle relay (7:25.37) from the
2007 FINA World Championships in
Melbourne
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, Australia.
Andrijauskas qualified for the
men's 200 m butterfly at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:03.20 from the national championships in
Kaunas
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. He challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including Olympic veteran
Vladan Marković
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of Serbia and Montenegro. He edged out Markovic to take a fifth spot by 0.13 of a second, outside his entry time of 2:04.64. Andrijauskas failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirtieth overall in the preliminaries.
References
1984 births
Living people
Lithuanian male butterfly swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Lithuania
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Panevėžys
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