Agnese Pastare (born 27 October 1988) is a

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

. She was born in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

, and is a student of

Riga Technical University Riga Technical University (RTU) ( lv, Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte) is the oldest technical university in the Baltic countries established on October 14, 1862. It is located in Riga, Latvia and was previously known as 'Riga Polytechnical Instit ...

, Faculty of Transport and Mechanical Engineering. She has competed in 2011 World Championships where she finished 27th and the 2013 World Championships where she finished 23rd. In the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, in

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, she finished 23rd. In 2013, she set the National Record in the 5000m race walk, State President`s Prize event, in Valmiera, with a time of 21:03.15. She won the 20 km race at the International Road Walking Festival in

Alytus Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania. It is the capital of Alytus County. Its population in 2022 was 53,925. Alytus is the historical centre of the Dzūkija region. The city lies on the banks of the Nemunas River. The maj ...

in June 2012 finishing in front of Kristina Saltanovič and

Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė (born 1 February 1985 in Alytus) is a female professional race walker who competes internationally for Lithuania. She participated at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and reached 24th place. She is also a Li ...

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* * * 1988 births Living people Latvian female racewalkers Athletes from Riga Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Latvia {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub