Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa

Laura Ikauniece

Personal information
Nationality	Latvian
Born	31 May 1992 Ventspils, Latvia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Latvia
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Heptathlon
Coached by	Andis Austrups
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Heptathlon: 6414 points
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Latvia World Championships 2015 Beijing Heptathlon European Championships 2012 Helsinki Heptathlon

Laura Ikauniece (born 31 May 1992) is a Latvian athlete competing in heptathlon. She has achieved her personal best of 6516 points at the 2015 World Championships, where she won bronze medal. At the 2012 European Athletics Championships Ikauniece initially won the bronze medal, after a hard fight with fellow Latvian Aiga Grabuste. Finally, Ikauniece finished 10 points better than her. Later on she was awarded with the silver medal, as a result of the disqualification of Ukrainian athlete Lyudmyla Yosypenko. She studied at the University of Latvia (UL) Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art (FEPA).

Laura won the silver medal at the World Youth Championships in Brixen, Italy, reaching 5647 points. The next year 2010 she finished 6th in the World Junior Championships reaching 5618 points. In 2011 she won the bronze medal at the European Athletics Junior Championships. In 2015, she won bronze at the Athletics Championships.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Points	Details
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	2nd	5647	14.22–1.82–9.71–24.75–5.67–42.53–2:20.94
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	6th	5618 pts	14.57–1.69–10.80–25.47–5.85–49.04–2:21.40
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	3rd	6063	13.97–1.78–12.09–24.93–5.90–50.70-2:16.31
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	6335	13.53–1.83–11.81–24.36–6.31–47.32-2:12.82
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th	6414	13.71-1.83-12.64-24.16PB-6.13-51.27-2:12.13PB
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	3rd	6516 NR

Personal bests

Event	Record	Venue	Year
100 m hurdles	13.21 s	Beijing, China	2015
High jump	1.84 m	Ogre, Latvia	2014
Shot put	13.22 m	Inowroclaw, Poland	2015
200 m	23.95 s	Inowroclaw, Poland	2015
Long jump	6.32 m	Beijing, China	2015
Javelin throw	53.73 m	Espoo, Finland	2012
800 m	2:11.83 min	Götzis, Austria	2014
Heptathlon	6516 pts	Beijing, China	2015

References

• Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa profile at IAAF