Kalediene, Birute (1934–)
Kalediene, Birute (1934–)
Soviet javelin thrower. Name variations: Birute Viktorovna Kalediene; Birute Zalogaityte or Zalogaitite (also seen as Zalagaityte or Zalaogaitite). Born Nov 1934 in Lithuania.
At Rome Olympics, won a bronze medal in the javelin throw (1960); was the 1st Lithuanian to break a world record (57.49 m. in 1958).
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