Viktorija Žemaitytė (born 11 March 1985 in

Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...

) is a

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n female

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete, who represented Lithuania in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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* * * * * 1985 births Living people Lithuanian female hurdlers Lithuanian heptathletes Olympic athletes for Lithuania Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania FISU World University Games silver medalists for Lithuania Competitors at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{Lithuania-athletics-bio-stub