MATAKAS Edgaras

Lithuania
Swimming
23 Oct 1998
22
Male
SB11,S11
KAUNAS
 
Lithuania
KAUNAS
 
Lithuania

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle - S11 3 Bronze Medal
Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB11 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 50m Freestyle - S11 Heat 2
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 50m Freestyle - S11 Final
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB11 Heat 1
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB11 Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
8400m Freestyle - S112016Rio de Janeiro, BRA5:30.66
10100m Freestyle - S112016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:06.09
1150m Freestyle - S112016Rio de Janeiro, BRA27.86
World Championships
150m Freestyle - S112017Mexico City, MEX27.31
3100m Freestyle - S112017Mexico City, MEX1:03.32
5400m Freestyle - S112017Mexico City, MEX5:53.78
750m Freestyle - S112019London, GBR27.28
9100m Butterfly - S112019London, GBR1:23.56
14100m Freestyle - S112019London, GBR1:04.62
European Championships
150m Freestyle - S112020Funchal, POR26.05
1100m Freestyle - S112020Funchal, POR58.83
1100m Breaststroke - SB112020Funchal, POR1:16.35
450m Freestyle - S112018Dublin, IRL28.29
5100m Freestyle - S112018Dublin, IRL1:05.31
5100m Butterfly - S112018Dublin, IRL1:25.55
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Spending time with friends. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2019)
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Athlete, Student
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Coaching, Sport Studies - Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, LTU
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English, Lithuanian
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Kaunas Swimming School [Lithuania]
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Ramunas Leonas, LTU, from 2020
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2016 for Lithuania, in Szczecin, Poland (Athlete, 14 Aug 2018)
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He began swimming at age 15 in Kaunas, Lithuania. (Athlete, 14 Aug 2018)
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To win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games, and to break a world record. (lsu.lt, 28 Oct 2020; Athlete, 20 Aug 2019)
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His performance at the 2017 World Championships in Mexico City, Mexico, where he won a gold and a bronze. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2020)
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US swimmer Michael Phelps, US Para swimmer Brad Snyder. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017)
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His family. (Athlete, 14 Aug 2018)
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"Never give up." (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017)
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He was Lithuania's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (myinfo.rio2016.com, 06 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
S11, SB11, SM11 (IPC, 10 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 14 Aug 2018)

Impairment Details
He gradually lost his sight over his early childhood and became legally blind at age 15. (lrt.lt, 18 Jul 2019; 15min.lt, 20 Jul 2015)

General
RETURN TO FORMER COACH
In January 2020, after poor results in 2018 and 2019, he returned to coach Ramunas Leonas who had trained him between 2012 and 2016. "I realised that all those difficulties were created by psychology. My body was trained and ready for competition. The problems were mental. Now I work with psychologists to prevent this from happening again. I try to forget all the misfortunes, difficulties, and to look at everything as brightly as possible. I'm glad [Leonas] agreed to work and prepare me for [the 2020 Paralympic Games in] Tokyo. You could say it's an old new coach. At first, there was a bit of uncertainty about how things would go, but now everything is fine. I wouldn't say it's a big shock. We work well, we agree, everything will stay. We have a good training climate. That must be it." (lrytas.lt, 14 Feb 2020)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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