Tomas KaukÄ—nas

Tomas Kaukėnas ( born May 1, 1990 at Utena, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian biathlete.

Tomas Kaukėnas launched first time in 2006 at junior competitions of the European Cup (later IBU Cup ). First major event was the Junior World Championships in 2007 in Martell, where the Lithuanians in 20 single, was 60th in the sprint and 14th in the relay. Later in the year he took part in the junior competitions in the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2007 in Otepaeae, where he was 27th at the Cross Country competitions in the sprint and pursuit of the 28, 22 on roller skis in the sprint and 17th of persecution. This was followed by participation in the Junior World Championships 2008 in Ruhpolding. Kaukėnas came in all four races and has been used 45 of the Single Page, 43 of the sprint, 31 tracking and 14 with the Lithuanian season. In Nove Mesto na Moravě followed shortly later also participating in the Junior competitions Biathlon 2008 European Championships, where he was 37th of Single Page, 46 of the 32 sprints and persecution. In Canmore Kaukėnas came for the third time at a World Junior Championships and reached No. 33 in singles, eight in the Sprint, Four in the pursuit and six in the relay competition. This Kaukėnas reached some of the best international performance of a Lithuanian at all. In Oberhof followed later in the year again and the completion of the summer 's World Cup. In cross country, he finished in the sprint to 29 and Followers in seventh place, on roller skis he finished ninth and 12th next highlight was the Junior World Championships 2010 in Torsby. Kaukėnas was 21 of the Single Page, 31, of the Sprint race, 23 the pursuit and relay - 14th In addition, he participated in Otepaeae for the second time at the Junior European Championships in part, in which the Lithuanians was 34th Single Page, eight in the Sprint and 22 of persecution. For the relay race he came in the men used. Even in summer he took in Duszniki Zdrój again participate in the World Cup. There competitions were only played on roller skis, where he finished ninth in the sprint and sixth in pursuit and in the relay. At the IBU Summer Cup 2010, he was pursuing on roller skis second in the sprint and third in the junior race in Nove Mesto. In 2011, the competition in Nove Mesto Kaukėnas ' fifth World Junior Championships. After Rank 47 in individual he once again reached good results with eighth place in the sprint and eleven in the pursuit.

2008 Kaukėnas debuted in Obertilliach IBU Cup men's and finished second in his first sprint race the 90th rank. First points he won in the rest of the season as a Single Page 33 in Altenberg. In 2011 he was able to achieve his best result so far in the race series with 14 in a single place in Osrblie. In the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding Kaukėnas launched first time in 2009 and was 100th of a sprint. Several times he came the following season on the World Cup for use. In Oberhof he reached his hitherto best individual result as well as with Karolis Zlatkauskas, Mindaugas Kovoliunas and Rokas Suslavicius with rank 18 his best season result in both the sprint with number 94. In the Biathlon European Championships 2010, he came for the relay race for men to use. With Kovoliunas, Karol Dombrovski and Zlatkauskas he was 16 In the Biathlon World Championships 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk, he qualified as 60th in the sprint surprising for the follow-up and here took 59th place in the individual it was enough after five penalties, to place 74th in the season 2011/2012 Kaukėnasmit was a 47th place in a sprint and a 52 rank below tracker in Hochfilzen on his best ever World Cup result.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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