Māra Grīva (born 4 August 1989 in

Ventspils Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see other names) 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 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 ...

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 the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. 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2 ...

. Her coach is her father Māris Grīva - a well-known Latvian coach, whose athlete

Dainis Kūla Dainis Kūla (born 28 April 1959 in Tukums, Latvian SSR) is a Latvian former javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union at the international level for most of his career. He is most famous for controversially winning the gold medal in men's ...

won the Olympic gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Her sisters Lauma Grīva, 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 the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

– 13.81 (Norman 2011) Indoor *

– 13.26 (Lincoln 2014) *

– 6.41 (Nehvizdy 2019)

References

1989 births Living people People 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