Živilė Balčiūnaitė

Živilė Balčiūnaitė
Personal information
Nationality	Lithuania
Born	3 April 1979 (age 45); Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Country	Lithuania
Sport	Running
Achievements and titles
Regional finals	1st, 2010
National finals	1st, 2000 ; 2nd, 2001, 2009

Živilė Balčiūnaitė (born 3 April 1979^[1] in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian Marathon runner.

Career

Balčiūnaitė finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. She also competed in the same event at the 2004 Olympics, finishing 14th. She finished 11th at the 2008 Olympics.^[1]

Doping bans

In April 2011, the Athletics Federation of Lithuania announced Balčiūnaitė has been banned for two years for a positive drug test and was stripped of her marathon gold medal from the 2010 European Athletics Championships.^[2]

Balčiūnaitė received an eight year ban in July 2016 by the Athletics Federation of Lithuania after testing positive for meldonium.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Lithuania
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	10th	3000 m	9:34.01
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	10,000 m	33:47.13
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	5th	10,000 m	34:04.34
2004	2004 Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	14th	Marathon	2:35:01
2006	2006 European Championships in Athletics	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	Marathon	2:31:01
2007	2007 World Championships in Athletics	Osaka, Japan	33rd	Marathon	2:43:28
2008	2008 Olympic Games	Beijing, China	11th	Marathon	2:29:33
2009	2009 World Championships in Athletics	Berlin, Germany	19th	Marathon	2:31:06
2010	2010 European Championships in Athletics	Barcelona, Spain	dq	Marathon	2:31:14
2013	2013 World Championships in Athletics	Moscow, Russia	20th	Marathon	2:41:09 SB

References

^ ^a ^b "Živilė Balčiūnaitė". ESPN. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
^ "Lithuanian marathon runner Balciunaite banned for 2 years after positive doping test". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
^ "Balciunaite gets 8-year ban after failing doping test". Sports Illustrated. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

External links

Živilė Balčiūnaitė at World Athletics

[espn-1] "Živilė Balčiūnaitė". ESPN. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

[2] "Lithuanian marathon runner Balciunaite banned for 2 years after positive doping test". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2011.

[3] "Balciunaite gets 8-year ban after failing doping test". Sports Illustrated. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

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