Rimvydas Šalčius
Personal information
Full nameRimvydas Šalčius
National team Lithuania
Born (1985-01-30) 30 January 1985
Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubSilainiai
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Lithuania
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Glasgow 100 m butterfly

Rimvydas Šalčius (born January 30, 1985) is a Lithuanian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] He is a multiple-time Lithuanian champion, and a two-time national record holder in both the men's butterfly and medley relay events. He also set a junior record time of 53.25 seconds by winning the gold medal in the men's 100 m butterfly at the 2003 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[2]

Salcius made his Olympic debut, as a 19-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 100 m butterfly. He touched out Colombia's Camilo Becerra by a quarter of a second (0.25) to take a fourth spot and thirty-fifth overall in the fourth heat, with a time of 54.45 seconds.[3][4]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Salcius qualified for his second Lithuanian team in the men's 100 m butterfly. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 54.16 from the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[5][6] Unlike his previous Games, Salcius posted his lifetime best and broke a Lithuanian record of 52.90 seconds to touch the wall first in heat 3 by less than 0.18 of a second ahead of three-time Olympian Jeremy Knowles of the Bahamas. Salcius failed to advance again into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth out of 66 swimmers in the prelims. He also tied his position with Canada's Joe Bartoch.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rimvydas Šalčius". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Cseh Sets Second Mark as Four More Records Fall at Euro Juniors". Swimming World Magazine. 2 August 2003. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Eindhoven, Netherlands) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Butterfly" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 34. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
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