Darius Grigalionis (born April 21, 1977 in

Panevėžys Panevėžys (; Latin: ''Panevezen''; pl, Poniewież; yi, פּאָנעװעזש, ''Ponevezh''; see also other names) is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2011, it occupied with 113,653 inhabitants. As defined by Eurostat, the population ...

) is a

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimm ...

swimmer from Lithuania, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He was born in the city of

. A student of the Kaunas University of Technology, he had been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity Program since August 2002.

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* 1977 births Living people Lithuanian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Lithuania Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Panevėžys Kaunas University of Technology alumni European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{Lithuania-swimming-bio-stub