Greta Streimikyte
Irish Paralympic athlete
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Born | (1995-08-24) 24 August 1995 (age 28) Vilnius, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.