Mindaugas Norbutas

Mindaugas Norbutas
Personal information
Full name Mindaugas Norbutas
Nationality  Lithuania
Born (1976-08-24) 24 August 1976
Vaiguva, Lithuanian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Middle-distance running
Club Tutuvenai[1]
Coached by Povilas Sabaitis[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 800 m: 1:46.64 (2003)
1500 m: 3:49.03 (2008)

Mindaugas Norbutas (born August 24, 1976 in Vaiguva) is a retired Lithuanian middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres.[2] He represented his nation Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also recorded a national record and a personal best of 1:46.64 in the men's 800 metres upon placing sixth at the 2003 EWE Athletics Cup in Cuxhaven, Germany.[3][1] Norbutas has also trained throughout his athletic career for Tutuvenai Sport Club in his native Kelmė, under his personal coach Povilas Sabaitis.[4]

Norbutas qualified for the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by registering a B-standard entry time of 1:46.64 from the EWE Athletics Cup in Cuxhaven.[3][1][5] He threw down a seasonal best of 1:47.38 in heat two, but faded only to sixth and did not advance further into the semifinals, trailing behind the leader Joseph Mutua of Kenya by almost two seconds.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "XXVIII Olympic Games – Mindaugas Norbutas" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Lengvoji atletika. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mindaugas Norbutas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Lietuvių startai Atėnų olimpinėse žaidynėse" [Lithuanians have started the Athens Olympics] (in Lithuanian). Vakarų ekspresas. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mindaugas Norbutas išlydėtas į olimpiadą" [Mindaugas Norbutas arrives at the Olympics] (in Lithuanian). Šiaulių kraštas. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mindaugas Norbutas ruošiasi olimpiadai" [Mindaugas Norbutas competes for the Olympics] (in Lithuanian). Šiaulių kraštas. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 800m Round 1 – Heat 2". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Lietuvių rezultatai" [Results for Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Verslo žinios. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
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