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Diana Rasimovičiūtė
Diana Rasimovičiūtė (born 25 February 1984, in Ignalina) is a Lithuanian athlete who competes in biathlon events. She represented Lithuania in five Winter Olympics from 2002 to 2018. She has also won two silver medals at the Biathlon European Championships. Early life Diana Rasimovičiūtė was born 25 February 1984 in Ignalina, Lithuania. Career Rasimovičiūtė started competing in the Biathlon World Cup events in 2001. She was named to the Lithuanian team for the 2002 Winter Olympics held at Salt Lake City. This was her debut at the Winter Olympics. She competed in a single event at the competition. She finished in 66th in the women's sprint event after she completed the course in 25 minutes 41.4 seconds with three shooting misses. She was named to the Lithuanian team for the 2006 Winter Olympics. This was her second appearance at the Winter Olympics. She participated in all of the women's individual medal events. She registered her best finish in the sprint event, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignalina
Ignalina (; ) is a city in eastern Lithuania. It is known as a tourist destination in the Aukštaitija National Park. Ignalina is also famous for the now decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in nearby Visaginas. Legend It is said that Ignalina got its name from two lovers Lina, daughter of duke Budrys, and Ignas, captive of the crusaders, whom people cursed and drowned in Ilgis Lake. Lina and Ignas are quite popular Lithuanian names. History Archeological findings and artefacts - mounds show that people lived in the territory of Ignalina already in 9th century. It is supposed that the territory of Ignalina earlier belonged to the ancient land of Nalšia, which was mentioned in 1229–1298. The toponyms and hydronym, hidronyms demonstrate that it was inhabited by the Balts, Baltic tribe Selonians. Even though there is archeological evidence that people lived in Ignalina area in the Stone Age, Ignalina was mentioned only in 1840. It started to grow only after the Warsaw – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
