Laura Asadauskaitė-Zadneprovskienė (born 28 February 1984 in

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) is a

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. She won the gold medal at the

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and achieved an Olympic record score. Asadauskaitė also competed in three other Olympics,

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, and in 2021 in Tokyo Olympics in which she was awarded with the silver medal. She has been

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and

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in pentathlon. In 2009 Asadauskaitė married modern pentathlete

Andrejus Zadneprovskis Andrejus Zadneprovskis (born August 31, 1974) is a retired Lithuanian modern pentathlete who won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, as well as bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Zadneprovskis won the ...

, a former world champion who won two Olympic medals. The following year she gave birth to a daughter. She is a graduate of

Mykolas Romeris University Mykolas Romeris University ( lt, Mykolo Romerio universitetas) is an international university located with campuses in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania. MRU cooperates closely with over 350 universities, public and private institutions, takes part ...

, majoring in Administration and European Union Policy.Puikūs MRU studentų startai Londono olimpiadoje
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* * * 1984 births Living people Lithuanian female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Lithuania Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Vilnius Olympic gold medalists for Lithuania Olympic silver medalists for Lithuania Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists Mykolas Romeris University alumni Modern pentathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Lithuania European Games medalists in modern pentathlon {{Lithuania-sport-bio-stub