Edis Matusevičius
Edis Matusevičius is a Lithuanian athlete specialising in the javelin throw. He has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
Career
He finished sixth at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, throwing 70.58 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden with a throw of 77.48 metres. He represented his country at the senior 2017 World Championships without registering a valid mark in the qualifying round.He set a personal best, and Lithuanian national record in the event, of 89.17 metres during the Lithuanian Athletics Championships in Palanga, in 2019. He competed at the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships, held in Sandnes, Norway in August 2019, and won the second division event with a throw of 82.35 metres. He won the gold medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy in 2023 with a throw of 80.07 metres.
He competed in Tokyo, Japan, at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in 2021, where he threw 81.24 metres but did progress to the final.
He won the silver medal overall at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships, held in Silesia, Poland in June 2023, and won the second division event with a throw of 84.22 metres. He retained his title and won the gold medal at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games held in Chengdu, China in 2023 with a throw of 80.37 metres.
He had an eighth place finish at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary with a throw of 82.29 metres.
He finished fourth overall at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024 with a throw of 83.96 metres. He competed for Lithuania at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, but did not qualify for the final.