Rokas Guščinas (born 6 January 1991) is a Lithuanian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. He represented Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics career

Guščinas began gymnastics when he was five years old. He competed at his first World Championships in

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

and finished 121st in the all-around during the qualification round. At the 2008 Junior European Championships, he qualified for the horizontal bar final and finished fifth. Guščinas finished 100th in the all-around qualifications at the 2010 World Championships. He competed at the 2012 Olympic Test Event and finished 42nd in the all-around, earning a berth for the

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

. At the Olympic Games, he only competed on the pommel horse and finished 17th in the

qualification round Qualification may refer to: Processes * Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS), a competitive contract procurement process established by the United States Congress * Process qualification, ensures that manufacturing and production processes can ...

, missing the final by 0.534 points. At the 2013 World Championships, Guščinas finished 25th in the all-around qualification round and was the first reserve for the final. Then at the 2014 World Championships, he finished 57th in the all-around qualification round. He advanced to the all-around final at the 2015 European Championships and finished 14th. He then represented

Lithuania at the 2015 European Games Lithuania competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015. Medalists Archery Badminton * Men's Singles: Kęstutis Navickas * Women's Singles: Akvilė Stapušaitytė * Men's Doubles: Alan Plavin, Povilas ...

and qualified for the all-around final, finishing eighth. Additionally, he was the first reserve for the rings final. He then finished 59th in the all-around qualifications at the 2015 World Championships. Guščinas was unable to compete for qualification to the

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 ...

due to a wrist injury. He had a total of five surgeries on his wrist and missed multiple years of competition. He announced his retirement after the 2019 World Championships due to the injuries.

Post-gymnastics

Since his retirement from gymnastics, Guščinas has competed in

ultramarathons An ultramarathon is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon distance of . The sport of running ultramarathons is called ultra running or ultra distance running. Various distances, surfaces, and formats are raced competitively, from the ...

. He has opened multiple gymnastics clubs in Lithuania.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guscinas, Rokas Lithuanian male artistic gymnasts Living people 1991 births Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Lithuania Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Lithuania