Lina Grinčikaitė-Samuolė (born 3 May 1987 in

Klaipėda Klaipėda ( ; ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, third-largest city in Lithuania, the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capi ...

) is a

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sprint athlete, who competes internationally for

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

. Grinčikaitė represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. She competed at the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Chandra Sturrup and Kelly-Ann Baptiste in a time of 11.43 seconds. She qualified for the second round, in which she improved her time to 11.33 seconds and placed second after

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. With 11.50 seconds she placed sixth in her semi final race, which meant she was eliminated. After finishing seventh at the

2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena

, Grinčikaitė took the

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in the 100 m at the

2009 Summer Universiade The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Provin ...

, scoring a new personal best of 11.31 seconds in the process.van Kuijen, Hans (2009-07-09)
Gold for Serbian junior Spanovic in Long Jump – World University Games Day 2

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. Retrieved on 2009-07-23. She competed at the

2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010. Bidding and organisation Th ...

, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the women's 60 metres.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grincikaite, Lina 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Klaipėda Lithuanian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Lithuania European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Lithuania Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade