Birutė Kalėdienė

Birutė Kalėdienė

Birutė Kalėdienė at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Birute Viktorovna Kaledene (Zalogaytite-) Бируте Викторовна Каледене (Залогайтите-)
Born	2 November 1934 (1934-11-02) (age 82) 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(s)	57.49 m (1958)
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome Javelin throw European Athletics Championships 1958 Stockholm Javelin throw

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]

Kalėdienė started training in javelin throw in 1952 and won the Soviet titles in 1958–60. In 1958 she became the first Lithuanian athlete to set a world record (57.49 m) and was selected as the Lithuanian athlete of the year. Kalėdienė retired in 1966 to work as a coach in Kaunas. She was a board member of Ąžuolyno Kaunas sports club and continued to compete in the masters category. In 2005, he won a world title in the F70 category.^[1]

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