Lauma Grīva Explained

Lauma Grīva
Nationality:Latvian
Birth Date:27 October 1984
Birth Place:Ventspils, Latvia
Height:1.81m (05.94feet)
Weight:630NaN0
Sport:Track and field
Event:Long jump
Pb:Long jump: 6.86 m (2011)

Lauma Grīva (born 27 October 1984) was a Latvian athlete who competed in the long jump.

At the 2010 European Championships she achieved a new personal best of 6.60 metres, but was two centimetres short of qualifying for the final. She finished 15th.[1]

Lauma is also the 2009 Latvian champion in long jump.

Her sister Māra Grīva is also a long jumper.

Lauma attended the Ventspils Gymnasium No.1 and the Latvian Academy of Sport Education.[2]

Achievements

2009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia15th (q)6.04 m
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain15th (q)6.60 m
2011UniversiadeShenzhen, China10th6.22 m
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea23rd (q)6.27 m
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, TurkeyNM
European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland12th (q)6.37 m
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom28th (q)6.10 m
2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden13th (q)6.34 m
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia16th (q)6.50 m
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland12th (q)6.29 m
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland23rd (q)6.14 m
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom9th6.54 m
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom11th6.34 m
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany18th (q)6.47 m
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom15th (q)6.34 m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Radeviča iekļūst finālsacensībās; Grīvai personiskais rekords. Innuss. Jānis. 27 July 2010. Sportacentrs.com. Latvian. 5 January 2012.
  2. Web site: Bērziņš-Soms. Juris . 17 June 2011. Laumiņa, kas lido. Sports . 11/12. 236/237. 26—29 lpp. Rīga. 16 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20110912084205/http://sporto.lv/raksts/laumina_kas_lido. 12 September 2011.