Hobbies
Reading, travelling, picnics, yoga. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2021)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Coaching - Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, LTU
Spoken languages
English, German, Lithuanian
Club
KSM Startas [Kaunas, LTU]
Coach
Jevgenij Izmodenov [national], LTU; Vladislovas Bogomolovas [personal], LTU
International senior debut
2014 for Lithuania, World Championships in Nanning, China (Athlete, 31 Aug 2017)
Start sporting career
He took up the sport at age four in Kaunas, Lithuania. (Athlete, 31 Aug 2017)
Reason for taking up the sport
"I was born into a family of athletes. My father was a rugby player and mother was a gymnast. At first my mother brought my older brother to gymnastics when he was six, and soon after me too because I was very active and needed to engage in some activity. I really liked gymnastics from the first time." (Athlete, 13 Nov 2020)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning bronze in the floor exercise at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival [EYOF] in Utrecht, Netherlands, winning the floor exercise and placing third on horizontal bar at the 2017 World Cup event in Baku, Azerbaijan, and placing second on the floor exercise at the 2021 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2021)
Hero / Idol
Dutch motivational speaker and extreme athlete Wim Hof. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2021)
Most influential person in career
His mother. (Athlete, 31 Aug 2017)
Last update : 2021-09-24