Līna Mūze (born 4 December 1992) is a Latvian

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athlete who competes in the

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. She is a

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champion and won the gold medal in the javelin event at the 2023 Championships. Mūze is also a European U23 champion, and a World Junior Championships and European Junior Championships silver medallist. She is a three-time Olympian and competed at the

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and

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. Her personal best throw is 64.87 m, set in 2019.

Career

Mūze won her first international medal when she placed second at the 2010 World Junior Championships in

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. On 2 June 2011, she set a Latvian junior record of 60.64 m. She won a second junior level silver medal at the 2011 European Junior Championships in

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. Mūze made her

debut the

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, where she placed 13th in the women's javelin throw event qualification. She won the gold medal at the 2013 European U23 Championships in

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and competed at her first

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that same year. She made her

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debut at the 2014 championships in

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and won the silver medal in the javelin throw event at the

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. At the 2016 European Championships, Mūze suffered an injury in her first attempt in the qualification. Following her injury, she made a return to international competitions at the

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. Mūze competed in the women's javelin throw event at the

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. In 2022, she placed sixth at the

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and seventh at the

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. Mūze finished ninth at the 2023 World Championships in

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and eight at the 2024 European Championships in

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. She competed in the women's javelin throw event at the

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Achievements

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* * * 1992 births Living people People from Smiltene Sportspeople from Vidzeme Latvian female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Latvia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Latvia Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games European Games gold medalists for Latvia European Games medalists in athletics {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub