Diana Lobačevskė (''Diana Maciusonytė'', born 7 August 1980 in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

)Diana Lobacevske
. London2012. Retrieved on 2013-04-24. is a Lithuanian long-distance runner who specialises in marathon and

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races. Her marathon personal record is 2:28:03. She represented her country in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2011,

2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) () was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 200 ...

and 2016 Summer Olympics. She won the

Hamburg Marathon The Hamburg Marathon (german: Hamburg-Marathon) is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of held in Hamburg, Germany. In 2009, 13,938 participants were counted. The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athlet ...

in 2013 and the Mexico City Marathon in 2016.

Career

Lobačevskė started out as a

track runner 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 event ...

and in 1998 she represented her country in the 3000 metres at the

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1998 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Annecy, France from July 28 to August 2. Results Men 1 Ahmed Baday of Morocco originally won the bronze medal ...

. The following year she placed sixth in the 5000 metres at the

1999 European Athletics Junior Championships The 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships were held in Riga, Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links= ...

held in Riga. In her final international outing in the younger age categories, she finished 13th in the

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at the

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. She stopped competing in

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at the top level after 2001 and attended

Vilnius Pedagogical University Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Švietimo akademija or VDU ŠA) – an academical unit of Vytautas Magnus University, which specialized in preparing school teachers and other educators. Located i ...

. She returned to competition in 2005, in road races for Beaumont Running Club in Leicester, and in 2008 moved up to the marathon distance and she won both the Vilnius Marathon and Leicester City Marathon that year. She was the fastest woman not entered as an elite athlete at the

2009 London Marathon The 2009 London Marathon was the 29th running of the annual marathon race in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 ...

, setting a personal best of 2:38:26 hours for the distance. That year she also took the Vilnius Half Marathon title (with a new best of 74:09 minutes) and improved her time to 2:35:06 at the Venice Marathon, placing ninth. In 2011, she repeated her Vilnius win and dipped under two and half hours at the Italian Marathon, coming runner-up to Hellen Wanjiku Mugo with a run of 2:28:03 hours. Lobačevskė returned to the national team in 2011. After a relatively slow 2:40:17 finish at the

Vienna Marathon The Vienna City Marathon is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of 42.195 km held in Vienna, Austria since 1984. History The first edition was held on with a total of 794 competitors. It is Austria's largest road running event ...

, she came 20th at the

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and set a new best of 33:35.23 minutes for the

event. In Latvia she won the Kuldīga Half Marathon that year. She represented Lithuania at the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

, finishing in 25th place in the marathon. Her fastest marathon of the year came at the

Beirut Marathon The Beirut Marathon, is an annual event that takes place in Beirut, Lebanon, first held in 2003. It is a founding member of Asian Premier Marathons, and was accredited as a Silver Label Road Race by the IAAF. Unifying members of all politic ...

, where she was fourth with 2:34:16 hours. She raced again at the European Cup 10000m and clocked an improvement of 33:22.47 minutes. She was selected for the Lithuanian Olympic team for the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and had the second sub-2:30 run of her career, taking 28th place in 2:29:32. The start of 2013 saw her win her first major race: she topped the podium at the

and took the women's title in a time of 2:29:17 hours.Minshull, Phil (2013-04-21)
Kipchoge makes marvellous Marathon debut with 2:05:30 course record in Hamburg
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-04-24.

Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lobacevske, Diana 1980 births Living people Lithuanian female long-distance runners Lithuanian female marathon runners Sportspeople from Vilnius Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Lithuania World Athletics Championships athletes for Lithuania Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences alumni 21st-century Lithuanian women