GUDZIUS Andrius

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	12th (60.66)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	12th (61.55)
2017	London, GBR	1st (69.21)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (62.22)

European Championships

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2018	Berlin, GER	1st (68.46)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Discus Throw
2021	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2020	1 x 3rd
2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 7th
2018	1 x 1st, 3 x 2nd, 1 x 10th
2017	1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2018	Discus Throw	Oslo, NOR	69.04
1	2017	Discus Throw	Brussels, BEL	68.16
2	2018	Discus Throw	Brussels, BEL	67.56
2	2018	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	69.59
2	2018	Discus Throw	Rome, ITA	68.17
3	2021	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	66.97
3	2020	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	66.80
3	2019	Discus Throw	London, GBR	65.40
3	2017	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	67.29
4	2021	Discus Throw	Oslo, NOR	65.57
4	2019	Discus Throw	Brussels, BEL	65.19
4	2017	Discus Throw	Oslo, NOR	65.90

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2021	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	66.71
2	2021	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	66.88
2	2020	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Zagreb, CRO	68.22
2	2020	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	67.08
2	2020	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	66.39
3	2020	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	64.88
3	2020	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Chorzow, POL	64.45

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2018	Discus Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	66.30
1	2017	Discus Throw	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	66.34
2	2019	Discus Throw	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	64.51
3	2017	Discus Throw	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	66.60

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Camping, fishing. (Athlete, 31 Mar 2020)

Coaching - Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, LTU

Wife Dovile, one son, one daughter.

English, Lithuanian

SM Startas [LTU] / Cosma Sports Club [LTU]

Vaclovas Kidykas [personal], LTU

In 2019 he underwent foot surgery. He took about a month to recover. (15min.lt, 07 Jun 2019)

He began the sport at age 13 in Kaunas, Lithuania. (Athlete, 31 Mar 2020)

Coaches noticed him at school and encouraged him to try the sport. (15min.lt, 21 Apr 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 31 Mar 2020)

Winning gold in discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (Athlete, 31 Mar 2020)

In 2017 and 2018 he was named Male Athlete of the Year in Lithuania. (diena.lt, 20 Dec 2018; tv3.lt, 22 Dec 2017)