Career
She won a bronze medal at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, with a throw of 57.07 metres. [1] She then won a gold medal at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, with a throw of 64.51 metres. [2] She had a seventh place finish at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, with a best throw of 60.78 metres. [3]
She had an eighth place finish at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, with a best throw of 56.82 metres. [4] She finished in seventh place overall at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with a throw of 60.73 metres. [5] Competing in Zurich, Switzerland, she had a fourth place finish at the 2014 European Athletics Championships with a best throw of 62.04 metres. [6]
She had a seventh place finish at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a best throw of 60.39 metres. [7] She won the Brussels Diamond League event in September 2016 with a Latvian national record of 66.18m from her first throw, finishing ahead of double Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic, whose best was 63.78m. [8]
At the beginning of 2024 she announced the end of her sporting career and her retirement from athletics. In total, she participated in five European Athletics Championships, with a best result of fourth place in Zurich in 2014. She also competed at six World Athletics Championships and three Olympic Games. [9]
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