Aiga Grabuste Explained

Aiga Grabuste
Nationality:Latvian
Birth Date:24 March 1988
Birth Place:Rēzekne, Latvia[1]
Height:1.78m (05.84feet)
Weight:550NaN0
Sport:Track and field
Event:Heptathlon
Pb: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 won bronze medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, finishing just 10 points behind fellow Latvian Laura Ikauniece.

She set a then personal best of 6396 points at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas, winning 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

2006Beijing, China9th5443 pts14.57-1.68-12.82-25.70-5.80-40.67-2:28.92
2007Hengelo, Netherlands1st592014.26-1.69-14.26-25.01-6.32-41.21-2:21.85
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan17th6019 pts13.84-1.77-13.04-24.98-6.02-45.76-2:19.97
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China19th6050 pts13.78-1.77-12.70-24.71-6.36-39.02-2:16.87
2009European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania1st6396 pts13.66-1.77-14.56-24.73-6.62-46.11-2:17.74
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany13th6033 pts13.78-1.71-13.26-25.49-6.40-43.52-2:17.43
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar8th4013 pts8.94-1.63-12.33-6.05-2:23.84
2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France10th4342 pts8.68-1.71-14.18-6.29-2:25.44
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland3rd6325 pts13.66–1.74–13.52–24.47–6.46–45.85–2:12.90
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom33rdDNF13.65-1.77-13.52-0.00-0.00-0.00

Personal bests

Heptathlon

EventRecordVenueYear
100 m hurdles13.46 sRatingen, Germany2011
High jump1.77 mBeijing, China2008
Shot put14.56 mKaunas, Lithuania2009
200 m24.42 sKladno, Czech Republic2011
Long jump6.69 mPrague, Czech Republic2014
Javelin46.40 mRatingen, Germany2011
800 m2:12.90 minHelsinki, Finland2012
Heptathlon6507 ptsRatingen, Germany2009

Pentathlon

EventRecordVenueYear
60 m hurdles8.48 sTartu, Estonia2009
High jump1.79 mRiga, Latvia2011
Shot put14.18 mParis, France2011
Long jump6.82 mTbilisi, Georgia2015
800 m2:12.49 minTallinn, Estonia2009
Pentathlon4463 ptsTallinn, Estonia2009

Notes and References

  1. Aiga Grabuste . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081141/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/aiga-grabuste-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 30 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Aiga Grabuste . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004184022/http://www.olimpiade.lv/lat/lov/sportisti/45/343/ . 2011-10-04 . Latvian Olympic Committee . 2011-06-18.
  3. Procházka, Michal (17 June 2011). Chernova impresses with 6773pts tally in Kladno – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 18 June 2011.