Aiga Grabuste
Aiga Grabuste (born 24 March 1988, in Rēzekne) 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.
Aiga Grabuste at the 2011 TNT - Fortuna Meeting in Kladno | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Latvian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 March 1988 Rēzekne, Latvia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Latvia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Heptathlon: 6414 points | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.