Baltic Sea For The Future generations

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Baltic Sea For The Future generations

• 2007

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Baltic Sea

• Baltic Sea is a part of Atlantic ocean,in the
  Northern part of Europe.
• It covers the area of 386 thousand sq. km.
• The deepest point Landsorts pit, 459 m deep.
• Baltic Sea is surrounded by Lithuania, Latvia,
  Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany,
  Poland and Russia.
• Lithuania has 99 km of Baltic Sea coast and 54 km
  of that is Curonian Spit.
• Baltic Sea is 50 m deep near Lithuanian coast.

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Vidmantas Urbonas

• Was born in 28 04 1958 in Paneveys.
• In 1964 entered Paneveys sports boarding school
  and started learning swimming
• Since 2004 studies at Vilnius pedagogical
  university physical training
• Professional sportsman since 1991.

• Achievements
• Records in Lithuania 50 km swimming in 25 meter
  long pool, 100 km swimming in pool
• Many times Champion of Lithuania in olympic
  distance triathlon contest (1,5 km swimming x 40
  km cycling x 10 km running)
• World vice champion in triathlons of all sorts
  of distances
• - 1993 Moritz Hungary (15,2 km/ 720 km/ 168 km)
• - 1994 The Hague Holland (19 km/ 900 km/ 211 km)
• - 1995 Monterey Mexico (57 km/ 2700 km/ 633 km)
• - 1996 Monterey Mexico (38 km/ 1800 km/ 422 km).
• World record winner of day triathlon competition
  in 1996 (8 hours of swimming 25 km/ 8 hours of
  cycling 361 km./ 8 hours of running 85,103 km)
• 1-st position in World cup in 1996
• World champion in 1998 Monterey, Mexico (76 km/
  3600 km/ 844 km).
• Other
• Initiator and participant of Ecological campaign
  "Nemunas our lifeline"  (swimming 460 km in
  Nemunas river from Byelorussia to Rusne,
  Lithuania)
• National award in 1995
• Triathlon trainer since 1998, in 2004 awarded
  the title of emeritus trainer of Lithuania
• Member of organizing committee of Lithuania
  Iceland initiative in 2006 (swimming through
  English Channel).

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About the project
Vidmantas Urbonas will cross the Baltic sea by
free style swimming (from Swedish coast to
Lithuanian coast) in July this year. Nobody in
the World has accomplished such a distance in
open waters. This will happen first time
ever. To the question why are you doing this?
Vidmantas replied - I love Lithuania, I love
the Baltic Sea. I am a child of Nature. I have
participated in Ecological campaign and swam
along the Nemunas river. This is a kind of
continuation. I want everybody to notice the
impurity of the Baltic Sea. All of us have to
feel responsibility for the Sea and keep it clean
for the future generations.
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Route
Vidmantas will start in Kalmar (Sweden) and
finish in Palanga (Lithuania)
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Timetable
July 22. Kalmar (Sweden) Farjestaden (island of
Oland ) starting at 2 pm. Distance 7 km.
Timescale 2 hours. Live broadcast on LNK TV
channel. July 23. Angjarsnsudden (island of
Oland) Hammarudd (island of Gotland) start at 5
am. Distance 57 km. Timescale 18 hours. July
24. Herrvik (island of Gotland) Palanga
(Lithuania) start at 8 am. Distance 195 km.
Timescale 80 hours. July 28 d. Welcome event,
concert and live broadcast on the Palanga bridge.
Vidmantas will be supported by three yachts and
crew of 15 people (medics, trainers, lifeguards,
journalists, cameramen, photographer, family
members, etc.)
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Project publicity
Project is supported by City Municipalities of
Paneveys (Lithuania) and Kalmar (Sweden)
. Project will be presented on CNN. LNK TV
channel will present by - Announcements -
Live broadcast of the swimming - Live broadcast
of the welcome event in Palanga (Lithuania) -
Creating and broadcasting of the documentary
film. Diary of the project will be published
in - National daily newspaper Lietuvos
rytas - Lifestyle journal mones - www
portal delfi.lt - Journal Verslo renginiai ir
pramogos. Photo exhibition will be created.
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Contact us
Vidmantas Urbonas Tel. 370 699
32832 v.urbonas_at_panevezys.lt
Ugnius Savickas, coordinator phone 370 650
93397 ugnius_at_actionfield.lt