Aiga Grabuste

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
Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for  Latvia European Championships 2012 Helsinki Heptathlon

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.

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
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
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

1. "Aiga Grabuste". SR/Olympics. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
2. Aiga Grabuste. Latvian Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2011-06-18.
3. 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