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Lina Grinčikaitė-Samuolė

Lina Grinčikaitė-Samuolė

Lithuanian sprinter

Lina Grinčikaitė-Samuolė (born 3 May 1987 in Klaipėda) is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Lithuania.[1]

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Grinčikaitė represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Chandra Sturrup and Kelly-Ann Baptiste in a time of 11.43 seconds. She qualified for the second round, in which she improved her time to 11.33 seconds and placed second after Torri Edwards. With 11.50 seconds she placed sixth in her semi final race, which meant she was eliminated.[1]

After finishing seventh at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Grinčikaitė took the gold medal in the 100 m at the 2009 Summer Universiade, scoring a new personal best of 11.31 seconds in the process.[2] She competed at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the women's 60 metres.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Athlete biography: Lina Grincikaite". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-09-10. Retrieved August 28, 2008.
  2. [2]
    van Kuijen, Hans (2009-07-09). Gold for Serbian junior Spanovic in Long Jump – World University Games Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.
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    Did not show in the semifinal.
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