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Birutė Kalėdienė
Lithuanian javelin thrower / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birutė Kalėdienė (née Zalogaitytė, Russian: Бируте Викторовна Каледене; born 2 November 1934, Baltrušiai, Marijampolė County) is a retired Lithuanian javelin thrower who won a silver medal for the Soviet Union at the 1958 European Championships. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in third and fourth place, respectively.[1]
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![]() Birutė Kalėdienė at the 1964 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Native name | Birute Viktorovna Kaledene (Zalogaytite-) Бируте Викторовна Каледене (Залогайтите-) |
Born | 2 November 1934 (1934-11-02) (age 89) Baltrušiai, Lithuania |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Javelin throw |
Club | Žalgiris, Kaunas |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 57.49 m (1958) |
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