MUZE Lina

Date of Birth: 4 Dec 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: SMILTENE

Birth Country:

Latvia

Place of residence : RIGA

Residence Country:

Latvia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Women's Javelin Throw Qualification - Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2012	London, GBR	Qual. (59.91)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (55.66)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Qual. (60.29)

European Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2018	Berlin, GER	Qual. (53.95)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Javelin Throw
2021	1 x 7th
2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2019	Javelin Throw	Shanghai, CHN	64.87
3	2019	Javelin Throw	Rome, ITA	63.72
6	2019	Javelin Throw	Lausanne, SUI	60.18
7	2021	Javelin Throw	Oslo, NOR	58.44
7	2019	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	61.60

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2021	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	61.34
2	2020	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Chorzow, POL	63.19
4	2020	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	62.86

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2018	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	56.66
5	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	59.79

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Cukurvate (Facebook profile, 01 Nov 2020)

Knitting, sewing. (jauns.lv, 23 Aug 2020)

Occupation:

Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Riga, LAT

Partner Zigismunds Sirmais

Languages spoken:

English, Latvian

Smiltene Sports Centre [Latvia]

Kimmo Kinnunen, FIN

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Zigismunds Sirmais has represented Latvia in athletics and won gold in javelin at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her niece Aivita Muze has worked as a model. (santa.lv, 30 Aug 2020)

She required surgery after injuring her knee at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The problem meant she was unable to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (la.lv, 02 Aug 2016)

She took up athletics at age seven, and began focusing on javelin throw in 2005. (jauns.lv, 23 Aug 2020; la.lv, 02 Aug 2016)

Philosophy:

"What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger." (Facebook profile, 01 Nov 2020)

General Interest

General
CAREER CHOICE
She was spotted by a modelling agency in her youth and had to choose between a career in sport or fashion. "At that time I was 14 years old, and I was approached in a store to become a model. I was already training in javelin, and the modelling agency made me choose between being an athlete or a model. That's because continuing to do javelin would make my shoulders too broad for the business. I chose sports, and I have not regretted my decision for a moment." (santa.lv, 30 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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