Valdemaras Venckaitis (born September 4, 1983 in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

) is a Greco-Roman wrestler 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 ...

, who competed for the men's 74 kg (middleweight division) at the

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. He was eliminated in the first round of the competition, after being defeated by Peru's Sixto Barrera, and finished in fourteenth place. Venckaitis also won the bronze medal for his category at the

2007 World Wrestling Championships The 2007 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event took place from September 17 to September 23, 2007. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's ...

in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is the brother of

Edgaras Venckaitis Edgaras Venckaitis (born 12 December 1985 in Tauragė) is a Lithuanian wrestler, who competes in the men's 66 kg Greco-Roman division. He has competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he finished 7th. He lost to eventual champion Kim Hye ...

, who later competed for the lightweight division at the

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References

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1983 births Living people Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Lithuania Lithuanian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Lithuanian people {{Lithuania-wrestling-bio-stub