Vladas Vitkauskas
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Vitkauskas is the founder and first president of the Lithuanian Mountaineering Association (1996–1999); founder and chairman of the Everest Foundation, head of the Naturavita health centre; a member of the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, member of the advisory board of the magazine Santara.
Vitkauskas graduated from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute with a diploma in electronic engineering in 1975.
In 1997, he became the first mountain climber to be awarded the diploma of honour of the International Fair Play Committee for participating in the rescue of the body of Pasang Lhamu, the leader of the Nepalese Women Everest Expedition (1993) from Mount Everest.
Awards
- International Fair Play Committee diploma of honour (1997).
- Medals of the Ministry of Culture and Department of Physical Culture and Sports at the government of the Republic of Lithuania: “For High Sports Achievements” (1993), “For Merits to Lithuanian Sports” (1993, 1998), the gold medal “For merits to Lithuanian sports” (2003).
- Medal of the First Class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas(1994).
- Olympic Star of the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee (2003).
- Order of Concord “Pro augenda concordia” (2009).
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