Giedrius Andriunaitis (born June 16, 1991) is a

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n swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a multiple Lithuanian champion, who represented his country at 2009

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, in

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. Andriunaitis also participated at LEN European Championships in 2010, and

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, and other international competitions over the world. Andriunaitis was a member of the swimming team for

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at the

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. Andriunaitis was a significant contributor to the mustangs in winning

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titles.

Personal life

Andriunaitis was born in

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, on 16 June 1991, the son of Edmundas and Vida. Has a sister Indre. He attended Ažuolas Catholic Secondary School in Kaunas City. After graduating from high school, Andriunaitis, moved to the

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and represented

and

for four years. He received Bachelors of Business Administration degree in Finance from Southern Methodist University in 2014. Currently, Andriunaitis is attending Texas A&M University - Commerce where he is pursuing Masters of Science degree in Business Analytics. He is an active member of Dallas Aquatic Masters Swim Club and U.S. Masters Swimming.

Career

2009

In 2009, Andriunaitis became a Lithuanian Junior champion in the 100 meters Freestyle clocking 0:51:98 sec. This result allowed him to qualify for European Junior Championships in

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. However, Andriunaitis failed to advance into the semifinals at the Europeans, as he placed fifty-seventh overall out of seventy-seven swimmers in the prelims. Andriunaitis in the men's 400 m Medley relay, along with his teammates Matas Andriekus, Vaidotas Blažys, and Eimantas Vijaikis, posted a time of 3:50.97 and ended up in the 17th place beating six countries. At the 2009 Lithuanian Short Course Championships in the 100 meter Freestyle, Andriunaitis, posted a personal best time of 0:50:39 sec. and took third place behind Olympians

Mindaugas Sadauskas Mindaugas Sadauskas (born 14 June 1990) is a Lithuanian swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a multiple-time Lithuanian champion, who represented his country at the FINA World Championships, LEN European Championships and o ...

and

Paulius Viktoravičius Paulius Viktoravičius (born 4 November 1984) is a Lithuanian swimmer, who specialized in sprint and relay freestyle events. He is a multiple-time Lithuanian swimming champion and record holder in both the freestyle and medley relay events. Vikt ...

. Also, Andriunaitis helped his team, made of

Vytautas Janušaitis Vytautas Janušaitis (born October 13, 1981 in Kaunas) is an Olympic medley swimmer from Lithuania, who represented his home country at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Oly ...

, Vaidotas Blažys, and

Rimvydas Šalčius Rimvydas Šalčius (born January 30, 1985) is a Lithuanian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. He is a multiple-time Lithuanian champion, and a two-time national record holder in both the men's butterfly and medley relay events. ...

, to win 4x50 m Medley relay. Andriunaitis posted a sixth all-time relay split for the age group in Lithuania.

2010-2011

In 2010, Andriunaitis made a debut at the LEN European Championships. He swam as a last leg for Lithuanians in the 4 × 100 m Freestyle relay and touched the wall in the 11th place. Individually, Andriunaitis placed 58th for the 50 m and 100 m Freestyle events. In the 2011

Championships Andriunaitis, along with David Larsson,

and Blaz Korosec, helped lead the 400-yard Freestyle relay to a first-place finish with an

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time of 2:56.37. Andriunaitis also took part in earning runner-up honors with season-best performances in both the 200 yard Medley relay and the 800 yard Freestyle relay. The team earned NCAA consideration in both events. Andriunaitis represented

and

at the XXVI

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Games in

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. He posted a time of 0:24:33 sec. and took 39th place in the 50 m Freestyle event.

2012

In 2012 at the

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, Andriunaitis with Nicolai Hansen, Matt Roney, and Blaz Korosec touched the wall in 6:32.80 (NCAA B) and won the 800-yard Freestyle relay. At the 2012 Lithuanian National Championship, Andriunaitis represente
Kauno Plaukimo Mokykla
and took gold in the 4 × 100 m Medley relay. In the individual events, Andriunaitis finished 4th in the 100 m Freestyle and was short by 1 sec. from the Olympian and 2016 NCAA Champion

Simonas Bilis Simonas Bilis (born 11 November 1993) is a Lithuanian swimmer. He is the current national record holder in the 50-meter, 100-meter freestyle (long course) and 50-meter, 100-meter freestyle (short course). Bilis represented Lithuania at the 201 ...

. Andriunaitis placed 5th in the 50 m Freestyle just 0.16 of a second behind closest competitor,

team member for

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- Tadas Duškinas.

Personal Best Times

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References

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