Lauma Grīva

Latvian long jumper

Lauma Grīva
Personal information
Lauma Grīva during 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.
Nationality	Latvian
Born	(1984-10-27) 27 October 1984 (age 39) Ventspils, Latvia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Latvia
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Long jump: 6.86 m (2011)

Lauma Grīva (born 27 October 1984) was a Latvian athlete who competed in the long jump.

At the 2010 European Championships she achieved a new personal best of 6.60 metres, but was two centimetres short of qualifying for the final. She finished 15th.^[1]

Lauma is also the 2009 Latvian champion in long jump.

Her sister Māra Grīva is also a long jumper.

Lauma attended the Ventspils Gymnasium No.1 and the Latvian Academy of Sport Education.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	15th (q)	6.04 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	15th (q)	6.60 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	10th	6.22 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	23rd (q)	6.27 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	–	NM
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	12th (q)	6.37 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	28th (q)	6.10 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	13th (q)	6.34 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	16th (q)	6.50 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	12th (q)	6.29 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	23rd (q)	6.14 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	9th	6.54 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	11th	6.34 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (q)	6.47 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	15th (q)	6.34 m

References

^ Innuss, Jānis (27 July 2010). "Radeviča iekļūst finālsacensībās; Grīvai personiskais rekords" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
^ Bērziņš-Soms, Juris (17 June 2011). "Laumiņa, kas lido". Sports. Rīga. pp. 26—29 lpp. Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2022.