Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė (born 3 April 1996) is a female professional
race walker
Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...
who competes internationally for
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
.
She finished 8th in 2015 European Junior Championships. In 2016 after national trials she was selected to represent Lithuania in
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
. In 2019 Vaiciukevičiūtė achieved qualification standard for
2020 Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
, but in June 2020 athlete announced about her retirement from sport and withdrawal from Olympic team.
GERIAUSIA LIETUVOS LENGVAATLETĖ ŽIVILĖ VAICIUKEVIČIŪTĖ BAIGĖ KARJERĄ
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Her twin sister Monika Vaiciukevičiūtė also competes in race walking.
Personal bests
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1996 births
Living people
Lithuanian female race walkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Lithuania
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