Birutė Kalėdienė

Birutė Kalėdienė

260px Birutė Kalėdienė at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Birute Viktorovna Kaledene (Zalogaytite-) Бируте Викторовна Каледене (Залогайтите-)
Born	2 November 1934 (1934-11-02) (age 90) Baltrušiai, Lithuania
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Javelin throw
Club	Žalgiris, Kaunas
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	57.49 m (1958)
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome Javelin throw European Athletics Championships 1958 Stockholm Javelin throw

Birutė Kalėdienė (née Zalogaitytė, Russian: Бируте Викторовна Каледене; born 2 November 1934) is a retired Lithuanian javelin thrower who won a silver medal 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 whe won a world title in the F70 category.

She was born in Baltrušiai, Marijampolė County.