Simonas Bilis

Simonas Bilis

Personal information
Nationality	Lithuanian
Born	(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 Panevėžys, Lithuania
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	103 kg (227 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Energy Standard Panevėžio Žemyna
College team	North Carolina State University
Coach	Ina Simeliūnaitė, Todd DeSorbo
Medal record Representing Lithuania World Championships (SC) 2016 Windsor 100 m freestyle 2016 Windsor 50 m freestyle Baltic States Championships 2021 Klaipėda 100 m freestyle 2021 Klaipėda 4x100 m medley 2011 Riga 4x100 m medley 2011 Riga 100 m freestyle 2011 Riga 4x100 m freestyle Representing the NC State Wolfpack Event 1st 2nd 3rd NCAA Championships 1 7 2 Total 1 7 2 By race Event 1st 2nd 3rd 50 y freestyle 0 1 1 100 y freestyle 0 2 0 200 y freestyle 0 0 1 4×50 y freestyle 0 1 0 4×100 y freestyle 1 1 0 4×200 y freestyle 0 2 0 Total 1 7 2 NCAA Championships 2016 Atlanta 4×100 y freestyle 2015 Iowa City 100 y freestyle 2015 Iowa City 4×100 y freestyle 2015 Iowa City 4×200 y freestyle 2016 Atlanta 50 y freestyle 2016 Atlanta 100 y freestyle 2016 Atlanta 4×50 y freestyle 2016 Atlanta 4×200 y freestyle 2015 Iowa City 50 y freestyle 2015 Iowa City 200 y freestyle

Simonas Bilis (born 11 November 1993) is a Lithuanian swimmer. He is the current national record holder in the 50-meter, 100-meter freestyle (long course) and 50-meter, 100-meter freestyle (short course).

Bilis represented Lithuania at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships where he finished 20th in 50m freestyle. In 2016, he broke national record with 48.64 in men's 100m freestyle and qualified for 2016 Olympics. He finished 8th place in the 50 meter Freestyle at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.

In November 2022 Bilis announced about his retirement from sport.

International Swimming League

In the Autumn of 2019 he was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December. Since 2019 he has trained with the club full-time.

Personal bests

Long course Event Time Meet 50 m freestyle 21.70 NR 2018 European Championships 100 m freestyle 48.64 NR 2016 Canadian Olympic and Para-swimming Trials

Short course Event Time Meet 50 m freestyle 20.98 NR 2019 European Championships (25 m) 100 m freestyle 46.11 NR 2018 FINA World Championships (25 m)

International championships (50 m)

Meet	50 free	100 free	200 free	4×100 free	4×200 free	4×100 medley	4×100 medley (mix)
EC 2012	38th	47th	36th				—
EC 2014	32nd	46th	35th	7th			—
WC 2015	20th			19th
EC 2016	9th	10th		11th		5th	—
OG 2016	8th	30th				14th	—
WC 2017	29th	43rd				17th
EC 2018	5th	12th		13th	12th	4th
WC 2019	21st	21st				11th
EC 2020	42nd	29th		16th		9th	24th
OG 2020						15th[a]

^a Team Lithuania was disqualified in the heats

External links

• Simonas Bilis at World Aquatics
• Simonas Bilis at the International Swimming League
• Simonas Bilis at Swimrankings.net
• Simonas Bilis at Olympics.com
• Simonas Bilis at Olympic.org (archived)
• Simonas Bilis at Olympedia
• Simonas Bilis at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (in Lithuanian)