Laura Asadauskaitė
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Born | February 28, 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Modern Pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Jevgenij Kliosov, Andrejus Zadneprovskis[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 4 August 2012. |
Laura Asadauskaitė-Zadneprovskienė (born February 28, 1984) is a female Lithuanian modern pentathlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and achieved an Olympic record score.
In 2009 she married modern pentathlete Andrejus Zadneprovskis, who has been twice an Olympic medallist and twice World Champion. In 2010 she gave birth to a daughter.[2]
References
- MSNBC. Laura Asadauskaitė, Modern Pentathlon.
- ↑ "Penkiakovė: Laura Asadauskaitė, Justinas Kinderis, Gintarė Venčkauskaitė" (in Lithuanian). 15 minučių. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ↑ "Pentathlete Laura Asadauskaitė – Lithuania's golden sportswoman". 15 minučių. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
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Preceded by Simona Krupeckaitė |
Best Lithuanian sportsman of the Year 2011 |
Succeeded by Rūta Meilutytė |
Preceded by Rūta Meilutytė |
Lithuanian Sportswoman of the Year 2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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