Māra Grīva (born 4 August 1989 in

Ventspils Ventspils () is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It is situated on the Venta River and ...

) is a

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n track and field athlete competing in the

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and

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

. She won a bronze medal in the triple jump at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北201 ...

. Her coach is her father Māris Grīva - a well-known Latvian coach, whose athlete Dainis Kūla won the Olympic gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Her sisters

Lauma Grīva Lauma Grīva (born 27 October 1984) was a Latvian Athletics (sport), athlete who competed in the long jump. At the 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, 2010 European Championships she achieved a new personal best of 6.60 m ...

, Gundega Grīva and brothe
Janis Svens Grīva
are also athletes.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

– 6.59 ( Ostrava 2011) *

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

– 13.81 (Norman 2011) Indoor *

– 13.26 (Lincoln 2014) *

– 6.41 (Nehvizdy 2019)

References

1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Ventspils Latvian female long jumpers Latvian female triple jumpers Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Latvia Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub