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Kęstutis Skučas

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Kęstutis Skučas
Personal information
Born (1967-08-27) 27 August 1967 (age 57)
Kaunas, Soviet Union
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country Lithuania
SportParalympic athletics
DisabilitySpinal cord injury
Disability classT52
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Lithuania
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 400m T52
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin 1500m T52
Silver medal – second place 2020 Bydgoszcz 1500m T52
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Grosseto Discus throw F52
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Bydgoszcz 400m T52
Paralympic swimming
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 50m backstroke S4
World Swimming Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Mar del Plata 50m backstroke S4
Silver medal – second place 2006 Durban 50m backstroke S4

Kęstutis Skučas (born 27 August 1967) is a Lithuanian Paralympic athlete who competes in international elite track and field competitions in wheelchair racing and occasionally discus throw and a former Paralympic swimmer. He is a European champion in the 400m and is also a European bronze medalist in the discus throw. Skučas is a double World silver medalist and Paralympic silver medalist in backstroke swimming.[1]

Skučas joined the Soviet military after he had left high school aged nineteen. He was sent to Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia and while he served there, he developed inflammation in his spinal cord and sharp back pain attributed to the cold temperatures which often dropped to -40 Celsius. Medics told Skučas that he had developed a tumour in his spinal cord and was taken to emergency surgery in Saint Petersburg which proved unsuccessful as he had lost feeling below his armpits.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Kestutis Skucas - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 31 December 2021. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Kestutis Skucas - Lithuanian Paralympic Committee (in Lithuanian)". Lithuanian Paralympic Committee. 31 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Paralympian Kestutis Skucas. What No One Has Ever Done Before". Nara. 1 September 2016.