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Lina Kačiušytė (born 1 January 1963 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR) is a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union, winner of a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with the Olympic record time of 2:29:54 at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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1980 Olympic Women's 200 m breaststroke final - Lina Kačiušytė
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Lina Kačiušytė. Auksiniai Grybšniai
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1980 Olympic Men's 200m Breaststroke final - Robertas Zhulpa
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1984 Olympic Games - Women's 200 Meter Breaststroke
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1980 Olympic Women's 100 m breaststroke final
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Biography
She trained at the VSS Žalgiris in Vilnius.[1] Her first coach from 1974 to 1977, Arvydas Gražiūnas, saw her great potential and guided her in the right direction. By 1976 she was invited to train with the USSR's youth swimming team and, within a year promoted to the USSR National Team. Following another year of hard training, she was ready for the 1978 World Championships of Berlin.
She surprised everyone by winning the 200 m breaststroke and setting two world records: one in the prelims, defeating world record holder and teammate Yuliya Bogdanova, the second when winning the gold medal in the finals. She set the world record a third time the following year at the USSR vs. DDR Dual Meet in Potsdam, a record that stood from 1979 through 1985 when it was finally broken by East Germany's Silke Hörner. Kačiušytė was the first female breaststroke swimmer to go under the 2 minute 30 second barrier for the 200 meter event.
In 1998 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
See also
References
- ^ (in Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
External links
- YouTube heat 200 m breaststroke Olympic Games -80
- YouTube heat 100 m breaststroke Olympic Games -80
- Lina Kačiušytė at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Lina Kačiušytė at World Aquatics
- Lina Kačiušytė at Olympics.com
- Lina Kačiušytė at Olympedia
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