Donatas Plungė
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Donatas Plungė is a retired male hammer throw
er from Lithuania
, who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s on the highest level. He set his personal best (80.78 metres) on September 22, 1989 at a meet in Volgograd
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Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
er from Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s on the highest level. He set his personal best (80.78 metres) on September 22, 1989 at a meet in Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
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