Greta Streimikyte
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| Born | 24 August 1995 Vilnius, Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Ireland | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Retinopathy | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500 metres | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Clonliffe Harriers Athletics Club | |||||||||||||||||
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Greta Streimikyte (born 24 August 1995 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a blind Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in 1500 metres events in international level events. She moved to Ireland in 2010 and has been an Irish citizen in 2015.[1][2]
Streimikyte is one of a set of triplets, born prematurely and contracted retinopathy in an incubator at birth.[3]
References
- ^ "Greta Streimikyte - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 3 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Griffin, Niamh (7 November 2019). "'We are amazing at adapting because we don't have a choice'". Irish Times.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Greta Streimikyte - Paralympics Ireland". Paralympics Ireland. 3 April 2020.
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