Vidas Blekaitis

Vidas Blekaitis (born April 14, 1972 in Birštonas ) is a Lithuanian strength athlete and strongman .

Life

After graduating from secondary school, Vidas Blekaitis completed a diploma in biology and physical culture at the Pedagoginis universitetas in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and became a sports teacher . As director, he heads the strength sports club (the VšĮ Birštono ąžuolas Institute ) and the UAB Universal Road company established in November 2017 .

family

Vidas Blekaitis is married and has one son. His wife Rita Blekaitienė (* 1982) is an entrepreneur, a graduate of the Alytus College .

Blekaitis has the brother Juozas.

Sports career

Even when he wasn't going to school, at the age of 5 to 6 years old, he could raise a great man.

In 2007 Blekaitis was ranked 4th by the International Federation of Strength Athletes . He was fourth in the 2009 Arnold Strongman Classic . Blekaitis took part in the IFSA Strongman World Championship three times , finishing 7th in 2005, 4th in 2006, and 6th in 2007.

Vidas Blekaitis reached 2nd place at Giants Live ( Finland ) on August 13, 2011. This placement qualified him for the 2011 World's Strongest Man .

In 2014 and 2015 he became the Lithuanian strongman champion .

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