Inga Juodeškienė
Lithuanian long-distance runner (born 1971)
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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.
Juodeškienė
Lithuania | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Inga Petrauskaitė Juodeškienė |
| Nationality | Lithuania |
| Born | 21 October 1971 |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Events | Long-distance running, marathon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 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]
