Laura Ikauniece (formerly Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa; born 31 May 1992) is a Latvian

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

competing in

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 ...

. Participated in two Olympic Games. 2012 London Olympics 6414 points 7th place, 2016 Rio de Janeiro 6617 points 4th place. Her personal best and also the Latvian record is 6815 points, achieved in 2017 at Hypomeeting, Götzis. She achieved 6516 points at the 2015 World Championships, where she won a bronze medal. At the

2012 European Athletics Championships The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years. ...

Ikauniece initially won a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

, after a hard fight with fellow Latvian

Aiga Grabuste Aiga Grabuste (born 24 March 1988, in Rēzekne) is a Latvian track and field athlete competing in heptathlon. She represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won bronze medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, finishin ...

, finishing 10 points in front of her. Later on she was awarded with

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, as a result of the disqualification of Ukrainian athlete

Lyudmyla Yosypenko Lyudmyla Dmytrivna Yosypenko ( uk, Людмила Дмитрівна Йосипенко; born 24 September 1984) is a Ukrainian heptathlete. Career She came fourth at the 2012 London Olympics with a personal best of 6618 points. She was the winne ...

. 2019 European Indoor Championships (GBR) Laura set a new indoor pentathlon NR 4701 points 5th place. She studied at the University of Latvia (UL) Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art (FEPA). Laura won a silver medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Brixen, Italy, reaching 5647 points. The next year she finished 6th in the World Junior Championships reaching 5618 points. In 2011 she won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Junior Championships. In 2015, she won bronze at the World Athletics Championships.

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* 1992 births Living people Latvian heptathletes People from Ventspils Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Latvia European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Latvia World Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Latvia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub