Linas Balsys (born 1976 in

Radviliškis Radviliškis () (; ; , ''Radvilishok'') is a city in the Radviliškis district municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania. Radviliškis has been the administrative center of the district since 1950, and is an important railway junction. History ...

) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category T12 long-distance running events. Linas has competed in three Paralympics, winning a bronze medal. He first competed in the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was the last time that the Summer Paralympics were organized by two different Organ ...

in the T13 5000m and marathon without any medal success. He returned four years later in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

where he competed in the 5000m, 10000m and won a bronze medal in the Marathon. He could not match this achievement in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

failing to finish in the 10000m and only managing twelfth in the marathon.profile on paralympic.org
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* (results) * (photo) 1976 births Paralympic athletes for Lithuania Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Lithuania Living people People from Radviliškis Sportspeople from Šiauliai County Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Lithuanian male long-distance runners Lithuanian male marathon runners {{Lithuania-Paralympic-medalist-stub