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Mykolas Alekna
- Sport:
- Men's Track & Field
- Country:
- Lithuania
- Years at Cal:
- 2022-Present
Career Highlights
Event Schedule
Aug. 5 - Men's Discus Qualification A (Result: Q, 67.47m/221-4)
Aug. 7 - Men's Discus Final (Result: Silver Medal, 69.97m/229-6)
- Holds the World record in the men’s discus at 74.35m (243-11), set in April 2024 while competing unattached
- Top-ranked men’s discus thrower in the world (World Athletics)
- Has thrown over 70 meters at five different meets in 2024
- Two-time World Championships Medalist (2022 – silver; 2023 – bronze)
- Became the youngest World Championships discus medalist in history in 2022, winning silver at the age of 19
- 2022 European Champion; was the youngest discus champion in history at just 19 years old
- 2024 European Championships Bronze Medalist
- 2023 European U23 Champion
- Two-time Lithuanian Champion (2022-23)
- Two-time Best Male Athlete (2022-23) – National Olympic Committee of Lithuania
- 2022 European Athletics Men’s Rising Star
- 2022 Lithuanian Radio & Television (LRT) Ambassador of the Year
- 2021 World U20 Champion
- 2021 European U20 Champion
- Became the youngest man ever to break the 70-meter mark at age 20
- Set the unofficial World record for the longest discus throw by a teenager at 69.81m (229-0) in 2022
- Owns the Lithuanian U20 record and was No. 2 all time among all U20 discus throwers worldwide
- Owns eight of the top-10 discus throws in men’s collegiate history, including the Collegiate record (71.00m/232-11) that also stands as the unofficial World U23 record and official European U23 record
- Has broken four facility records during his time at Cal
- 2022 semifinalist for the James E. Sullivan Award
- Two-time semifinalist for The Bowerman; Cal’s first male semifinalist
- Two-time USTFCCCA First-Team All-American
- Two-time Pac-12 Champion (2022-23)
- 2022 USTFCCCA Division I West Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
- 2022 Pac-12 Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
- 2022 Pac-12 Men’s Freshman of the Year
- Studying psychology at Cal
Event Schedule
Aug. 5 - Men's Discus Qualification A (Result: Q, 67.47m/221-4)
Aug. 7 - Men's Discus Final (Result: Silver Medal, 69.97m/229-6)
Tuesday, September 01
Monday, August 31
Saturday, August 29
Friday, August 28
