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Mykolas Alekna

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Mykolas Alekna (born 28 September 2002) is a Lithuanian athlete who specializes in the discus throw. He is the current men’s world record holder of the event with 75.56 metres (247 ft 10.8 in). At the age of 19, he won the silver medal at the 2022 World Championships, becoming the youngest world discus medallist in history. Alekna was then the youngest ever winner in his discipline at the 2022 European Championships, setting the competition record in the process. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Mykolas Alekna is the 3,521st most popular athlete (up from 4,914th in 2024), the 262nd most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 312th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Lithuanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mykolas Alekna ranks 3,521 out of 6,025. Before him are Nadine Capellmann, Berhane Adere, Alfred Kirwa Yego, Peter Åslin, Eduard Hämäläinen, and Heiko Habermann. After him are Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, Khaled Al-Eid, Kevin Borlée, Remigija Nazarovienė, József Navarrete, and Dominik Windisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2002, Mykolas Alekna ranks 64. Before him are Bart Verbruggen, Clara Galle, Ningning, Yeremi Pino, Ian Maatsen, and Illya Zabarnyi. After him are David Datro Fofana, Enzo Millot, Nicole Wallace, Gerard Martín, Giovanni Reyna, and Yunus Musah.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Mykolas Alekna ranks 262 out of 328. Before him are Sasha Song (1983), Jonas Mačiulis (1985), Remigijus Šimašius (1974), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (1989), Arvydas Macijauskas (1980), and Simas Jasaitis (1982). After him are Donny Montell (1987), Monika Linkytė (1992), Jonas Valančiūnas (1992), Laima Zilporytė (1967), Aivaras Abromavičius (1976), and Mindaugas Žukauskas (1975).

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Among ATHLETES In Lithuania

Among athletes born in Lithuania, Mykolas Alekna ranks 17. Before him are Darius Kasparaitis (1972), Lina Kačiušytė (1963), Laura Asadauskaitė (1984), Galina Murašova (1955), Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (1965), and Austra Skujytė (1979). After him are Gintarė Scheidt (1982), Kristina Poplavskaja (1972), Birutė Šakickienė (1968), Andrius Gudžius (1991), Živilė Balčiūnaitė (1979), and Airinė Palšytė (1992).

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