Tomas Kaukėnas (born 1 May 1990) is a Lithuanian athlete. He competes in

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and

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events. He had represented Lithuania in three Winter Olympics Games in

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, and

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. He had also competed at the

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and the

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Early life

Tomas Kaukėnas was born 1 May 1990 at

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in Lithuania.

Career

Kaukėnas started competing in the

events in 2009. His best result in the

was his 22nd place in the sprint event in 2013. Kaukėnas was named to the Lithuanian team for the

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held at

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. This was his debut at the Winter Olympics. He competed in three events at the competition. He finished in 48th, 40th and 23rd place in the men's sprint, pursuit, and

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events respectively. He competed in a lone event in

in Latvia in 2015. In 2018, Kaukėnas was named to the Lithuanian team for the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

. This was his second consecutive appearance at the Winter Olympics. In the men's events, Kaukėnas competed in four individual events. He registered the best finish of 13th amongst the 60 competitors in the men's pursuit. He was part of the Lithuanian team for the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

. This was his third and last appearance at the Winter Olympics. He competed in two events at the Games. He finished 70th and 80th in the sprint and individual events respectively.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''0 medals''

World Championships

''0 medals'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaukenas, Tomas 1990 births Living people Lithuanian male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Lithuania Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics People from Ignalina Sportspeople from Utena County