Aiga Grabuste
 Aiga Grabuste at the 2011 TNT - Fortuna Meeting in Kladno | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Born |
24 March 1988 Rēzekne, Latvia[1] |
| 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 |
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 competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009. She has set Latvian, Latvian U-23 and Latvian junior records in heptathlon.
Her current personal best performance is 6396 points, which she achieved at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships held in Kaunas, where she won 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]
Achievements
| 2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 9th | 5443 | 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 | 13.84-1.77-13.04-24.98-6.02-45.76-2:19.97 | |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 19th | 6050 | 13.78-1.77-12.70-24.71-6.36-39.02-2:16.87 |
| 2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 1st | 6396 | 13.66-1.77-14.56-24.73-6.62-46.11-2:17.74 |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 13th | 6033 | 13.78-1.71-13.26-25.49-6.40-43.52-2:17.43 | |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 8th | 4013 | 8.94-1.63-12.33-6.05-2:23.84 |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 10th | 4342 | 8.68-1.71-14.18-6.29-2:25.44 |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | 6325 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m hurdles | 13.57 s | Valmiera, Latvia | 2008 |
| 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 | 6.65 m | Kladno, Czech Republic | 2011 |
| Javelin | 46.11 m | Kaunas, Lithuania | 2009 |
| 800 m | 2:12.90 min | Helsinki, Finland | 2012 |
| Heptathlon | 6396 pts | Kaunas, Lithuania | 2009 |
Pentathlon
| Event | Record | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 m hurdles | 8.50 s | Tartu, Estonia | 2009 |
| High jump | 1.79 m | Riga, Latvia | 2011 |
| Shot put | 14.18 m | Paris, France | 2011 |
| Long jump | 6.39 m | Kuldīga, Latvia | 2009 |
| 800 m | 2:21.49 min | Tallinn, Estonia | 2009 |
| Pentathlon | 4463 pts | Tallinn, Estonia | 2009 |
References
- ↑ "Aiga Grabuste". SR/Olympics. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ Aiga Grabuste. 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 profile at IAAF
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