Diana Rasimovičiūtė

Diana Rasimovičiūtė
Rasimovičiūtė in 2008
Born (1984-02-25) 25 February 1984
Ignalina, Lithuania
World Cup career
Seasons2001–2019
Medal record
Representing  Lithuania
Women's biathlon
European Championships
2010 Otepää Sprint
2010 Otepää Individual
Updated on January 31, 2019.

Diana Rasimovičiūtė (born 25 February 1984, in Ignalina) is a Lithuanian athlete who competes in biathlon events. She represented Lithuania in five Winter Olympics from 2002 to 2018. She has also won two silver medals at the Biathlon European Championships.

Early life

Diana Rasimovičiūtė was born 25 February 1984 in Ignalina, Lithuania.[1]

Career

Rasimovičiūtė started competing in the Biathlon World Cup events in 2001.[2] She was named to the Lithuanian team for the 2002 Winter Olympics held at Salt Lake City.[3] This was her debut at the Winter Olympics.[4] She competed in a single event at the competition. She finished in 66th in the women's sprint event after she completed the course in 25 minutes 41.4 seconds with three shooting misses.[5] She was named to the Lithuanian team for the 2006 Winter Olympics.[6] This was her second appearance at the Winter Olympics.[4] She participated in all of the women's individual medal events. She registered her best finish in the sprint event, in which she was placed 18th amongst the 83 competitors.[7] In the individual event, she finished 66th amongst the 82 participants.[8]

In the 2010 Biathlon European Championships, she won two silver medals in the sprint and individual events.[1] In 2010, she was named to the Lithuanian team for the third consecutive Olympics.[9] She represented the country in all three of the women's individual medal events.[4] She registered her best finish in the women's sprint event, finishing 25th amongst the 88 participants.[10]

In 2014, Rasimovičiūtė was named to the Lithuanian team for the 2014 Winter Olympics.[11] She finished in 51st, 43rd, and 42ns in the women's sprint, pursuit, and individual events respectively.[1] In 2018, she was named to the Lithuanian team for the fifth consecutive time.[12] This was her last appearance at the Winter Games.[1] She was placed 65th and 75th in the women's sprint and women's individual events.[13]

Olympic Games

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2006 Torino 66th 18th 27th
2010 Vancouver 30th 25th 34th
2014 Sochi 42nd 51st 43rd
2018 Pyeongchang 75th 65th 19th

:*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2005 Hochfilzen 78th 58th 49th
2007 Antholz-Anterselva 59th 31st 32nd
2008 Östersund 55th 47th 45th
2009 Pyeongchang 47th 11th 31st 28th
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 59th DNS 23rd
2012 Ruhpolding 55th 45th 50th 23rd
2013 Nové Město 70th 40th 38th LAP 25th
2015 Kontiolahti DNF 61st 20th
2017 Hochfilzen 77th 81st 21st 24th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Diana Rasimovičiūtė". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Diana Rasimovičiūtė". International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Lithuania at 2002 Winter Olympics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2001.
  4. ^ a b c "Diana Rasimovičiūtė". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  5. ^ "2002 Winter Olympics, 7.5 kilometres Sprint, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Lithuania at 2006 Winter Olympics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2001.
  7. ^ "Biathlon, women's sprint". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Biathlon, women's individual". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Lithuania at 2010 Winter Olympics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2001.
  10. ^ "Biathlon, women's sprint". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Lithuania at 2014 Winter Olympics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2001.
  12. ^ "Lithuania at 2014 Winter Olympics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2001.
  13. ^ "Biathlon, women's individual". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2024.