Inga Juodeškienė

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.

Inga Juodeškienė
Personal information
Full nameInga Petrauskaitė
Juodeškienė
Nationality Lithuania
Born (1971-10-21) 21 October 1971
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

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. "Lietuvių startai Atėnų olimpinėse žaidynėse" [Lithuanians have started the Athens Olympics] (in Lithuanian). Vakarų ekspresas. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. "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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