Ieva Zarankaitė-Gumbs (born 23 November 1994) is a Lithuanian track and field athlete who competes in discus and

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with multiple national titles. Her mother, Vita, is a former discus thrower and acts as her coach. Ieva competed in swimming at a young age. At the

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in Naples she won a bronze medal in the discus. Zarankaité has studied at Oklahoma State University where she met her long time boyfriend Mr. Michael Gumbs and then to a graduate degree at

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. In America she has also competed at NCAA level. On 21 July 2020 in Vilnius Zarankaitè threw 61.88m for the discus which placed her 16th for the year worldwide. On 8 August 2020 she threw 16.80m for the

which placed her 51st for the year worldwide. On 25 June 2021 at the Lithuanian Championships she achieved 62.08m to become Lithuanian champion in the discus. On the same day, she reached 15.47m in the shot put to become Lithuanian champion in the shot put as well. Zarankaite was defending both titles as had achieved the same double in 2019 and 2020. She competed at the

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in Paris.

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1994 births Living people Lithuanian female discus throwers Lithuanian female shot putters Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Oklahoma State Cowgirls track and field athletes Florida State Seminoles women's track and field athletes People from Utena FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Lithuania Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade 21st-century Lithuanian women 21st-century Lithuanian people European Games competitors for Lithuania Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Lithuania-athletics-bio-stub