Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė
Personal information
Born (1985-02-01) 1 February 1985
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country Lithuania
SportAthletics
Event20km Race Walk

Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė (born 1 February 1985 in Alytus) is a female professional race walker who competes internationally for Lithuania. She participated at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and reached 24th place. She is also a Lithuanian National Radio and Television sports journalist. In 2010, she became national champion at the Druskininkai 10 km walking event, winning in a personal best of 44:42 minutes.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Lithuania
2001 World Youth Championships Debrecen, Hungary 5th 5000 m walk 23:59.84
2003 European Junior Championships Tampere, Finland 4th 10000 m walk 48:00.26
2004 World Race Walking Cup Naumburg, Germany 13th 10 km walk 50:41
World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 9th 10000 m walk 48:51.25
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 51st 20 km walk 1:41:28
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 8th 20 km walk 1:36:38
Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 10th 20 km walk 1:41:06
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 39th 20 km walk 1:36:52
2009 European Race Walking Cup Metz, France 20th 20 km 1:40:41
World Championships Berlin, Germany 24th 20 km walk 1:36:28
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, Mexico 29th 20 km walk 1:42:05
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 13th 20 km walk 1:35:00
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 16th 20 km 1:34:35
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 29th 20 km walk 1:38:39
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 41st 20 km 1:38:25
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 25th 20 km 1:31:58
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 18th 20 km 1:35:46
World Championships Moscow, Russia 20th 20 km 1:31:58
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 34th 20 km 1:31:24
European Championships Zurich, Switzerland 18th 20 km walk 1:32:46
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain 14th 20 km 1:30:37
World Championships Beijing, China 7th 20 km 1:30:20

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