Sport Javelin throw Name Birute Kalediene Height 1.73 m Club BC Zalgiris, Kaunas | Personal best(s) 57.49 m (1958) Role Olympic athlete Weight 77 kg | |
Native name Birute Viktorovna Kaledene (Zalogaytite-)
Бируте Викторовна Каледене (Залогайтите-) Born 2 November 1934 (age 89) ( 1934-11-02 ) Baltrusiai, Lithuania Olympic medals Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women\'s javelin throw | ||
Birutė Kalėdienė (née Zalogaitytė, Russian: Бируте Викторовна Каледене; born 2 November 1934, Baltrušiai, Marijampolė County) is a retired Lithuanian javelin thrower who won a silver medal for the Soviet Union at the 1958 European Championships. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in third and fourth place, respectively.
Kalėdienė started training in javelin throw in 1952 and won the Soviet titles in 1958–60. In 1958 she became the first Lithuanian athlete to set a world record (57.49 m) and was selected as the Lithuanian athlete of the year. Kalėdienė retired in 1966 to work as a coach in Kaunas. She was a board member of Ąžuolyno Kaunas sports club and continued to compete in the masters category. In 2005, he won a world title in the F70 category.