Kęstutis Skučas

Kęstutis Skučas (born 27 August 1967) is a Lithuanian Paralympic athlete who competes in international elite track and field competitions in wheelchair racing and occasionally discus throw and a former Paralympic swimmer. He is a European champion in the 400m and is also a European bronze medalist in the discus throw. Skučas is a double World silver medalist and Paralympic silver medalist in backstroke swimming.[1]

Kęstutis Skučas

Personal information
Born	(1967-08-27) 27 August 1967 Kaunas, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country	Lithuania
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability	Spinal cord injury
Disability class	T52
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing  Lithuania European Athletics Championships 2018 Berlin 400m T52 2018 Berlin 1500m T52 2020 Bydgoszcz 1500m T52 2016 Grosseto Discus throw F52 2020 Bydgoszcz 400m T52 Paralympic swimming Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 50m backstroke S4 World Swimming Championships 2002 Mar del Plata 50m backstroke S4 2006 Durban 50m backstroke S4

Skučas joined the Soviet military after he had left high school aged nineteen. He was sent to Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia and while he served there, he developed inflammation in his spinal cord and sharp back pain attributed to the cold temperatures which often dropped to -40 Celsius. Medics told Skučas that he had developed a tumour in his spinal cord and was taken to emergency surgery in Saint Petersburg which proved unsuccessful as he had lost feeling below his armpits.[2][3]