PALAMEIKA Madara

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	10th (60.14)
2012	London, GBR	8th (60.73)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (59.95)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (59.54)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (62.17)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Qual. (53.70)
2011	Daegu, KOR	10th (58.08)
2009	Berlin, GER	Qual. (52.98)

European Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Minsk, BLR	3rd (63.22)

European Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2018	Berlin, GER	9th (57.98)

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

Year	Javelin Throw
2019	1 x 4th, 1 x 8th
2018	1 x 6th, 2 x 8th
2017	2 x 6th, 2 x 7th, 1 x 8th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
4	2019	Javelin Throw	Shanghai, CHN	62.45
6	2018	Javelin Throw	Oslo, NOR	59.26
6	2017	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	62.60
6	2017	Javelin Throw	Eugene, OR, USA	62.14
7	2017	Javelin Throw	Rabat, MAR	57.80
7	2017	Javelin Throw	Lausanne, SUI	60.35
8	2019	Javelin Throw	London, GBR	60.13
8	2018	Javelin Throw	London, GBR	54.01
8	2018	Javelin Throw	Lausanne, SUI	59.15
8	2017	Javelin Throw	London, GBR	60.91

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2021	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	60.04

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	59.79
6	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	58.04

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

Athlete

Economics - Ventspils University College, Latvia

Partner Jaysuma Saidy Ndure

English, Latvian

OC Ventspils [Latvia]

Gints Palameiks [father], LAT

Her partner Jaysuma Saidy Ndure represented Norway in sprints at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Her father Gints Palameiks has served as her coach. (Instagram profile, 19 Jun 2020, 12 Jan 2020; jauns.lv, 02 Jan 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 06 Jan 2021; ocventspils.lv, 10 Aug 2020; la.lv, 28 Apr 2012)

She took up the javelin at age nine. (ocventspils.lv, 30 Aug 2015)

Her father was a javelin coach, and she decided to take up the sport in order to impress him. (la.lv, 28 Apr 2012)

She received the Best Female Athlete award at the 2012 Ventspils Annual Sports Recognition Awards in Latvia. (ventspils.lv, 07 Dec 2012)