Greta Streimikyte | |
Sport: | Paralympic athletics |
Disability: | Retinopathy |
Disability Class: | T13 |
Event: | 1500 metres |
Club: | Clonliffe Harriers Athletics Club |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1995 |
Birth Place: | Vilnius, Lithuania |
Residence: | Swords, Dublin |
Greta Streimikyte (pronounced as /la/; born 24 August 1995) is a blind Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in 1500 metres events in international level events. She moved to Ireland in 2010 and became an Irish citizen in 2015.[1] [2]
Streimikyte is one of a set of triplets, born prematurely and contracted retinopathy in an incubator at birth.[3]