Valdemaras Venckaitis (born September 4, 1983 in

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) is a Greco-Roman wrestler from

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, who competed for the men's 74 kg (middleweight division) at the

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. He was eliminated in the first round of the competition, after being defeated by Peru's Sixto Barrera, and finished in fourteenth place. Venckaitis also won the bronze medal for his category at the

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. He is the brother of

Edgaras Venckaitis Edgaras Venckaitis (born 12 December 1985 in Tauragė) is a Lithuanian wrestler, who competes in the men's 66 kg Greco-Roman division. He has competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he finished 7th. He lost to eventual champion Kim Hyeon ...

, who later competed for the lightweight division at the

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1983 births Living people Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Lithuania Lithuanian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Sportspeople from Vilnius {{Lithuania-wrestling-bio-stub