Aiga Grabuste
Aiga Grabuste at the 2011 TNT - Fortuna Meeting in Kladno | ||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Latvian | |||||||||||||
Born | Rēzekne, Latvia[1] | 24 March 1988|||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Country | Latvia | |||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | Heptathlon | |||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | Heptathlon: 6414 points | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aiga Grabuste (born 24 March 1988, in Rēzekne)[2] is a Latvian track and field athlete competing in heptathlon. She represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won bronze medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, finishing just 10 points behind fellow Latvian Laura Ikauniece.
She set a then personal best of 6396 points at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas, winning the gold medal. Grabuste was also the 2007 European Junior champion in heptathlon.
In the indoor women's pentathlon, she was eighth at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and tenth at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships. At the TNT - Fortuna Meeting in 2011 she set bests in the 200 metres, long jump and 800 metres events to take third overall with a score of 6252 points.[3]
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Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 9th | 5443 pts | 14.57-1.68-12.82-25.70-5.80-40.67-2:28.92 |
2007 | European Junior Championships | Hengelo, Netherlands | 1st | 5920 | 14.26-1.69-14.26-25.01-6.32-41.21-2:21.85 |
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 17th | 6019 pts | 13.84-1.77-13.04-24.98-6.02-45.76-2:19.97 | |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 19th | 6050 pts | 13.78-1.77-12.70-24.71-6.36-39.02-2:16.87 |
2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 1st | 6396 pts | 13.66-1.77-14.56-24.73-6.62-46.11-2:17.74 |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 13th | 6033 pts | 13.78-1.71-13.26-25.49-6.40-43.52-2:17.43 | |
2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 8th | 4013 pts | 8.94-1.63-12.33-6.05-2:23.84 |
2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 10th | 4342 pts | 8.68-1.71-14.18-6.29-2:25.44 |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 6325 pts | 13.66–1.74–13.52–24.47–6.46–45.85–2:12.90 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 33rd | DNF | 13.65-1.77-13.52-0.00-0.00-0.00 |
Personal bests
Heptathlon
Event | Record | Venue | Year |
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100 m hurdles | 13.46 s | Ratingen, Germany | 2011 |
High jump | 1.77 m | Beijing, China | 2008 |
Shot put | 14.56 m | Kaunas, Lithuania | 2009 |
200 m | 24.42 s | Kladno, Czech Republic | 2011 |
Long jump | 6.69 m | Prague, Czech Republic | 2014 |
Javelin | 46.40 m | Ratingen, Germany | 2011 |
800 m | 2:12.90 min | Helsinki, Finland | 2012 |
Heptathlon | 6507 pts | Ratingen, Germany | 2009 |
Pentathlon
Event | Record | Venue | Year |
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60 m hurdles | 8.48 s | Tartu, Estonia | 2009 |
High jump | 1.79 m | Riga, Latvia | 2011 |
Shot put | 14.18 m | Paris, France | 2011 |
Long jump | 6.82 m | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2015 |
800 m | 2:12.49 min | Tallinn, Estonia | 2009 |
Pentathlon | 4463 pts | Tallinn, Estonia | 2009 |
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Aiga Grabuste". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Aiga Grabuste Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Latvian Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2011-06-18.
- ^ Procházka, Michal (2011-06-17). Chernova impresses with 6773pts tally in Kladno – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-18.
External links
- Aiga Grabuste at the Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja (in Latvian)
- Aiga Grabuste at IAAF
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Preceded by Ernests Gulbis |
Latvian Rising Sportspersonality of the Year 2007 |
Succeeded by Sinta Ozoliņa |
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- People from Rēzekne
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Latvia
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Latvia
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- University of Latvia alumni
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