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| Born | 24 August 1995 Vilnius, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | 
Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Retinopathy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Clonliffe Harriers Athletics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Greta Streimikyte ( Lithuanian: Greta Štreimikytė [ʃt̪ɾɛɪ̯ˑmɪˈkʲiːtʲeː]; born 24 August 1995) is a blind Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in 1500 metres events in international level events. She moved to Ireland in 2010 and became 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. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Griffin, Niamh (7 November 2019). "'We are amazing at adapting because we don't have a choice'". Irish Times.
- ^ "Greta Streimikyte - Paralympics Ireland". Paralympics Ireland. 3 April 2020.
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Athletes from County Dublin
- Paralympic athletes for Ireland
- Irish female long-distance runners
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Lithuanian emigrants to Ireland
- Visually impaired middle-distance runners
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 24 August 1995 Vilnius, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |
Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Retinopathy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Clonliffe Harriers Athletics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Greta Streimikyte ( Lithuanian: Greta Štreimikytė [ʃt̪ɾɛɪ̯ˑmɪˈkʲiːtʲeː]; born 24 August 1995) is a blind Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in 1500 metres events in international level events. She moved to Ireland in 2010 and became 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. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Griffin, Niamh (7 November 2019). "'We are amazing at adapting because we don't have a choice'". Irish Times.
- ^ "Greta Streimikyte - Paralympics Ireland". Paralympics Ireland. 3 April 2020.
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Athletes from County Dublin
- Paralympic athletes for Ireland
- Irish female long-distance runners
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Lithuanian emigrants to Ireland
- Visually impaired middle-distance runners