Stasys Mėčius
Stasys Mėčius (* 1955 ) is a strongman and heavy athletics trainer from Lithuania .
life and career
His first trainer was Algirdas Eidukas . After intensive training, he took part in the first sports competition in 1971. In 1976 he became Soviet Lithuanian champion; he repeated this performance nine more times in succession. Mėčius was the Soviet-Lithuanian and Soviet record champion (400 kg in a duel , 1981) and youth world champion.
Stasys Mėčius became two-time Lithuanian champion and runner-up in the national strongman sports competition. From 2002 he worked as a trainer in heavy athletics . Mėčius coached the Lithuanian national youth team. Among his students is Artūras Skavičius (* 1986), who won the bronze medal at the European Championship.
Mėčius lives in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda .
Services
- 1995, 1996: Lithuanian Strongman Championship , 1st place
- 1994: Lithuanian Strongman Championship, 2nd place
- 1997: Lithuanian Strongman Championship, 3rd place
- 1974: Weightlifting Trade Union Championship of the Soviet Union , 1st place
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stasys Mėčius: "Per treniruotes tampu vaiku" (daily newspaper Vakarų ekspresas )
- ↑ S.Mėčius: "Sporte suradau save" (2006-09-14, PAULIUS MATULEVIČIUS)
- ↑ Stasys Mėčius: "Miestas ūždavo nuo sporto" ("Vakarų ekspresas")
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mėčius, Stasys |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian strongman and heavy athletics trainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |