Inga Juodeškienė

Inga Juodeškienė
Personal information
Full nameInga Petrauskaitė
Juodeškienė
Nationality Lithuania
Born (1971-10-21) 21 October 1971 (age 53)
Šiauliai, Lithuanian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running, marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000 m: 15:28.66
Marathon: 2:31:30

Inga Petrauskaitė-Juodeškienė (born 21 October 1971 in Šiauliai) is a retired Lithuanian long-distance runner.[1] She represented her nation Lithuania in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and also set her own personal best of 2:31:30 in the women's division at the 2002 Frankfurt Marathon in Frankfurt, Germany.[2][3] Before turning her sights to marathon in 2002, Juodeskiene ran a national record of 15:28.66 in the women's 5000 metres at the IAAF Permit Meet in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium that guaranteed her a spot on the Lithuanian team for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Juodeskiene made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's 5000 metres. She ran outside her career best of 15:46.37 to obtain a twelfth spot in a field of seventeen athletes during the third heat, but failed to advance further into the final.[4][5]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Juodeskiene qualified for her second Lithuanian squad in the women's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by finishing third and registering an A-standard entry time of 2:31:30 from the Frankfurt Marathon.[2][3][6] She finished the race with a sixty-third place time in 3:09:18 over a vast field of 83 marathon runners, trailing further behind gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi of Japan by forty seconds.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Inga Juodeškienė". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Lietuvių startai Atėnų olimpinėse žaidynėse" [Lithuanians have started the Athens Olympics] (in Lithuanian). Vakarų ekspresas. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Kwambai runs 59:01 half (20.3KM) in Marseille; Maria Abel wins with 2:26:58 in Frankfurt". IAAF. 27 October 2002. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ^ "IAAF Sydney 2000: Women's 5000m Round 1 – Heat 3". Sydney 2000. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Sydney 2000: Athletics – Women's 5000m Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 314–318. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Patvirtintas 2004 metų Atėnų olimpiados kandidatų sąrašas" [The list of candidates has been approved for the 2004 Athens Olympics] (in Lithuanian). Delfi. 22 November 2002. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  7. ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's Marathon". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Lietuvių rezultatai" [Results for Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Verslo žinios. 24 August 2004. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.


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