Diana Rasimovičiūtė (born 25 February 1984, in

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) is a Lithuanian athlete who competes in

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events. She represented Lithuania in five

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from

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. She has also won two silver medals at the

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Early life

Diana Rasimovičiūtė was born 25 February 1984 in

, Lithuania.

Career

Rasimovičiūtė started competing in the

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events in 2001. She was named to the Lithuanian team for the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

held at

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. 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 The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

. 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, in which she was placed 18th amongst the 83 competitors. In the

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event, she finished 66th amongst the 82 participants. In the 2010

, she won two silver medals in the sprint and individual events. In 2010, she was named to the Lithuanian team for the third consecutive Olympics. She represented the country in all three of the women's individual medal events. She registered her best finish in the women's sprint event, finishing 25th amongst the 88 participants. In 2014, Rasimovičiūtė was named to the Lithuanian team for the

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. She finished in 51st, 43rd, and 42ns in the women's sprint, pursuit, and

events respectively. In 2018, she was named to the Lithuanian team for the fifth consecutive time. This was her last appearance at the Winter Games. She was placed 65th and 75th in the women's sprint and women's individual events.

Olympic Games

''0 medals'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''0 medals'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rasimoviciute, Diana 1984 births Lithuanian female biathletes Living people Olympic biathletes for Lithuania Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics People from Ignalina Sportspeople from Utena County