Laura Ikauniece

Laura Ikauniece

Personal information
Nationality	Latvian
Born	(1992-05-31) 31 May 1992 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	Andis Austrups
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Heptathlon: 6622 points
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Latvia World Championships 2015 Beijing Heptathlon European Championships 2012 Helsinki Heptathlon

Laura Ikauniece (born 31 May 1992) is a Latvian athlete competing in heptathlon. She achieved her personal best of 6516 points at the 2015 World Championships, where she won the bronze medal. At the 2012 European Athletics Championships Ikauniece initially won the bronze medal, after a hard fight with fellow Latvian Aiga Grabuste. Finally, Ikauniece finished 10 points better than her. Later on she was awarded with the silver medal, as a result of the disqualification of Ukrainian athlete Lyudmyla Yosypenko. She studied at the University of Latvia (UL) Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art (FEPA).

Laura won the silver medal at the World Youth Championships in Brixen, Italy, reaching 5647 points. The next year 2010 she finished 6th in the World Junior Championships reaching 5618 points. In 2011 she won the 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
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th	6414	13.71-1.83-12.64-24.16PB-6.13-51.27-2:12.13PB
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

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event	Record	Wind	Venue	Date
200 metres	23.64	+1.3	Götzis	28 May 2016
800 metres	2:09.43		Rio de Janeiro	13 August 2016
100 metres hurdles	13.07	+0.5	Götzis	28 May 2016
High jump	1.84		Ogre	2 August 2014
Long jump	6.32	+0.9	Beijing	23 August 2015
Shot put	13.78		Riga	20 May 2016
Javelin throw	55.93		Rio de Janeiro	13 August 2016
Heptathlon	6622		Götzis	29 May 2016

Indoor

Event	Record	Venue	Date
60 metres	7.60	Kuldiga	18 January 2014
800 metres	2:16.30	Tallinn	4 February 2012
60 metres hurdles	8.38	Kuldiga	18 January 2014
High jump	1.85	Tallinn	25 February 2012
Long jump	6.49	Riga	9 March 2016
Shot put	13.06	Tallinn	8 February 2014
Pentathlon	4496	Tallinn	8 February 2014

References

• Laura Ikauniece at World Athletics