Career
During studies in United States of America, Darius represented Kanas State track & field team and his personal best in decathlon take 4th place in Kansas State team"s history. In 2008 Draudvila set a national heptathlon record. He also received a nomination for the 2010 World as a result of his conduct at the event – he gave his spare pole to Andrei Krauchanka in the vault contest when the Belarusian athlete"s equipment had snapped.
This enabled Krauchanka to continue in the decathlon, where he went on to take the bronze, while Draudvila ended the competition in sixth place.
Draudvila competed in the International Decathlon at Hexham (GBR) in 2008 and 2010. In 2010, Draudvila was in great shape and managed to set a meeting record in the 110m hurdles (1411sec) with a + 5.7m tail wind.