Paulius Viktoravičius
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Who is Paulius Viktoravičius?
Paulius Viktoravičius is a Lithuanian swimmer, who specialized in sprint and relay freestyle events. He is a multiple-time Lithuanian swimming champion and record holder in both the freestyle and medley relay events.
Viktoravicius made his official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay, along with his teammates Saulius Binevičius, Vytautas Janušaitis, and Rolandas Gimbutis. Swimming the third leg, Viktoravicius recorded a split of 50.20 seconds, and the Lithuanian team went on to finish heat two in sixth place and eleventh overall, for a total time of 3:19.28.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Viktoravicius qualified as an individual swimmer for the men's 100 m freestyle, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 49.93 from the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including Czech Republic's Martin Verner and Shaune Fraser of the Cayman Islands. Viktoravicius raced to a second-place tie with Hungary's Balázs Makány, sharing their time at 49.27 seconds. Viktoravicius, however, failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the evening preliminaries.
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