Aldona Grigaliūnienė

Aldona Grigaliūnienė
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Lithuania
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Long Jump - F34-37
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Shot Put - F37-38
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Shot Put - F37-38

Aldona Grigaliūnienė is a Paralympian athlete from Lithuania competing mainly in category F37-38 shot put events.[1] She won at the 2004 paralympics but she was beaten to silver in 2008.

Life

She competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she won a gold medal in the women's F34-37 long jump event.

After missing the 2000 Summer Paralympics she returned to the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a gold medal in the women's F37-38 shot put event. Four years later in 2008 in Beijing, People's Republic of China she failed in defending her title winning the silver medal and losing out to Mi Na of China.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Aldona Grigaliuniene - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  2. ^ "China continues domination in athletics with three more golds". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2021-12-10.


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