Laura Ikauniece

Laura Ikauniece
Personal information
Nationality	Latvian
Born	31 May 1992 (age 32); Ventspils, Latvia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Latvia
Sport	Track and field
Event	Heptathlon
Coached by	Andrei Nazarov(2016-present) Andis Austrups (til 2016)
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Heptathlon: 6815 points
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Latvia
World Championships
European Championships

Laura Ikauniece (formerly Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa; born 31 May 1992) is a Latvian athlete competing in heptathlon. Participated in two Olympic Games. 2012 London Olympics 6414 points 7th place, 2016 Rio de Janeiro 6617 points 4th place. Her personal best and also the Latvian record is 6815 points, achieved in 2017 at Hypomeeting, Götzis. She achieved 6516 points at the 2015 World Championships, where she won a bronze medal. At the 2012 European Athletics Championships Ikauniece initially won a bronze medal, after a hard fight with fellow Latvian Aiga Grabuste, finishing 10 points in front of her. Later on she was awarded with silver medal, as a result of the disqualification of Ukrainian athlete Lyudmyla Yosypenko. 2019 European Indoor Championships (GBR) Laura set a new indoor pentathlon NR 4701 points 5th place.

She studied at the University of Latvia (UL) Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art (FEPA).^{[citation needed]}

Laura won a silver medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Brixen, Italy, reaching 5647 points. The next year she finished 6th in the World Junior Championships reaching 5618 points. In 2011 she won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Junior Championships. In 2015, she won bronze at the World Athletics Championships.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Points	Details
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	2nd	5647	14.22–1.82–9.71–24.75–5.67–42.53–2:20.94
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	6th	5618 pts	14.57–1.69–10.80–25.47–5.85–49.04–2:21.40
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	3rd	6063	13.97–1.78–12.09–24.93–5.90–50.70–2:16.31
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	6335	13.53–1.83–11.81–24.36–6.31–47.32–2:12.82
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th	6414	13.71–1.83–12.64–24.16PB-6.13–51.27–2:12.13PB
2013	World Championships	Beijing, China	9th	6159	13.89–1.80–12.36–24.73–5.96–50.75–2:16.05
2014	European Championships	Moscow, Russia	6th	6310	13.61–1.82–12.58–24.75–6.20–51.30–2:16.90
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	3rd	6516 NR	13.21PB–1.77–12.71–23.97–6.32PB–53.67–2:13.79
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	6617	13.33–1.77–13.52–23.76–6.12–55.93PB–2:09:43
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	–	DNF	13.71–DNS

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event	Record	Wind	Venue	Date
200 metres	23.49	-2.9	Götzis	27 May 2017
800 metres	2:09.43		Rio de Janeiro	13 August 2016
100 metres hurdles	13.07	+0.5	Götzis	28 May 2016
High jump	1.87		Ogre	15 June 2019
Long jump	6.64	+0.8	Götzis	28 May 2017
Shot put	14.03		Tallinn	19 July 2018
Javelin throw	56.32		Tallinn	19 May 2017
Heptathlon	6815		Götzis	28 May 2017

Indoor

Event	Record	Venue	Date
60 metres	7.60	Kuldiga	18 January 2014
800 metres	2:14.01	Emirates Arena, Glasgow (GBR)	1 March 2019
60 metres hurdles	8.29	Emirates Arena, Glasgow (GBR)	1 March 2019
High jump	1.85	Tallinn	25 February 2012
Long jump	6.49	Riga	9 March 2016
Shot put	13.91	Tallinn	3 February 2019
Pentathlon	4701	Emirates Arena, Glasgow (GBR)	1 March 2019

References

Laura Ikauniece at World Athletics

Awards
Preceded by Anastasija Grigorjeva	Latvian Sportsperswoman of the Year 2015, 2016	Succeeded by Jeļena Ostapenko
Preceded by Zigismunds Sirmais	Latvian Rising Sportspersonality of the Year 2012	Succeeded by Zemgus Girgensons