Kestutis Skucas

Reading books, listening to music. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Winning a silver medal competing in swimming in the S4 50m backstroke at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

His family. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018)

Lithuanian discus thrower Virgilijus Alekna. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

"Whatever happens, you need to enjoy this day and never leave yourself out of life." (15min.lt, 07 Sep 2016)

In 2018 and 2019 he was named among the Five Best Para Athletes of the Year by the Athletics Federation of Lithuania [LLAF]. (lengvoji.lt, 19 Jan 2019; delfi.lt, 17 Jan 2020)

He was named the 2016 Para Athlete of the Year in Kaunas, Lithuania. (kaunas.lt, 21 Dec 2016)

He has competed in swimming at the Paralympic Games, winning a silver medal at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens in the 50m backstroke. He took up wheelchair basketball in 1991, and has coached and played for wheelchair basketball team Kaunas RSK in Lithuania. (paralympic.org, 01 Jan 2016; asgaliu.lrytas.lt, 17 Mar 2016; radikal.com.tr, 14 Mar 2015; lpok.lt, 31 May 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (lrt.lt, 29 Nov 2020)

After finishing high school he was called up to serve in the Soviet military and was sent to Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation. While there he developed an inflammation of the spinal cord, which he attributes to the bitterly cold temperatures. At the time he was told by medics that he had a spinal tumour that had to be removed. Following the operation he had lost all feeling in his body below the armpits. (kauno.diena.lt, 01 Oct 2003)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has a PhD in social sciences and has worked for the Lithuanian Sports University as an associate professor, research and project manager, and coach of the wheelchair basketball team. He has held the position of president of the Kaunas Youth Recreation and Para Sports Club [Kaunas RSK] in Lithuania. (15min.lt, 07 May 2019; asgaliu.lrytas.lt, 17 Mar 2016; lpok.lt, 23 Oct 2013)