Lina Grinčikaitė-Samuolė

Lina Grinčikaitė

Lina Grinčikaitė in 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Nationality	Lithuanian
Born	3 May 1987 Klaipėda, Lithuania
Sport
Country	Lithuania
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2008: SF, 2012:SF
Personal best(s)	60m: 7.27 100m: 11.19s NR 200m: 23.33s 4x100m: 43.95s NR
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Lithuania European Championships 2012 Helsinki 100 metres Summer Universiade 2009 Belgrade 100 metres 2011 Shenzhen 100 metres European U23 Championships 2009 Kaunas 100 metres 2009 Kaunas 4 x 100 m relay European Junior Championships 2005 Kaunas 100 metres

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

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.

Personal bests

Event	Time (sec)	Venue	Date
60 metres	7.27	Paris, France	5 March 2011
100 metres	11.19	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012
200 metres	23.33	Leiria, Portugal	22 June 2009

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Lithuania
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	8th (sf)	100m	11.71 (-0.1 m/s)
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	16th (sf)	60 m	7.41
	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	2nd	100 m	11.69
			4th	200 m	23.78
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	45.47
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	18th (sf)	60 m	7.38
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	6th	100m	11.49 (-0.8 m/s)
			4th (h)[3]	200m	23.84 (-1.5 m/s)
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	29th (h)	60 m	7.47
	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	4th	100m	11.69 (-2.0 m/s)
			13th (sf)	200m	23.73 (-0.6 m/s)
			10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	45.37
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	21st (sf)	60 m	7.41
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	14th (sf)	100 m	11.50
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	7th	60 m	7.38
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	100 m	11.31
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	44.48
	European Athletics U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	1st	100 m	11.37 (+0.2 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.09
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	13th (sf)	60 m	7.34
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	12th (sf)	100 m	11.35
			11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.13
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	9th (sf)	60 m	7.27
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	3rd	100 m	11.44
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	12th (sf)	60 m	7.26
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	100 m	11.32
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	17th (sf)	100 m	11.30
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	2nd	100 m	11.32
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	18th (sf)	100 m	11.52
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	25th (h)	60 m	7.41
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	4th	100 m	11.49
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	20th (h)	100 m	11.77

References

1. Athlete biography: Lina Grincikaite, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 28, 2008
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.
3. Did not show in the semifinal.

External links

• Lina Grinčikaitė-Samuolė profile at IAAF