Antanas Vaupšas

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAntanas Algimantas•Vaupšas
Used nameAntanas•Vaupšas
Other namesAntanas Vaupshas, Антанас Ваупшас
Born20 May 1936 in Radviliškis, Šiauliai (LTU)
Died14 December 2017 in Vilnius, Vilnius (LTU)
Measurements186 cm / 73 kg
NOC Soviet Union
Nationality Lithuania

Biography

Antanas Vaupšas was a Lithuanian Soviet who competed in the long jump at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Vaupšas was a 16-time Lithuanian Champion in athletics, winning the long jump in 1957-62 and 1964-66; the high jump in 1960-61; the triple jump in 1961-62 and 1965; and in the 4x100 relay in 1964-65. He broke the Lithuanian long jump record 10 times, and in 1964 was the first Lithuanian to better 8 metres.

Vaupšas won two silver medals and one bronze medal at the Soviet Championships. In 1960 he was awarded a Soviet Master of Sport, and he later became a master of hockey in 1965. During his long jump career he won international competitions at the Znamenskiy Brothers Memorial in Moskva, the Janusz Kusochinksy Memorial in Poland, and the I. Rožickis Memorial in Czechia.

Vaupšas later worked in sports media from 1958-64. He was a correspondent and chief of the sports department of Pravda. He wrote or co-authored several books, including Olympics from the near (1965), Champions near us (1969), Lithuanian boxing (1976), Physical culture and sports in Lithuania (1977), and Danas (2004). Vaupšas was a member of the board of the Lithuanian Olympic Association, was on the board of the Vilnius Olympic Club, and was a member of the Ethics Comission of the Lithuanian Sports Journalists’ Union.

Personal Best: LJ – 8.01 (1964).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1964 Summer Olympics Athletics URS LTU Antanas Vaupšas
Long Jump, Men (Olympic) 14 r1/2