ASADAUSKAITE Laura

Modern Pentathlon

Date of Birth: 28 Feb 1984

Age: 37

Gender: Female

Place of birth: VILNIUS

Birth Country:

Lithuania

Place of residence : VILNIUS

Residence Country:

Lithuania

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Modern Pentathlon	Women's Individual	2

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
WR	Women's Individual	1417 pts	30 March, 2016	Rome (ITA)
OR	Women's Individual - Laser Run	11:38.37	6 August, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Individual - Fencing Ranking Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Swimming 200m Freestyle Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Fencing Bonus Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Riding Show Jumping	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Laser Run	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	30
2012	London, GBR	1
2008	Beijing, CHN	14

World Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay W	Relay X
2021	Cairo, EGY	10	4	-	-
2019	Budapest, HUN	36	12	-	-
2017	Cairo, EGY	12	8	-	-
2016	Moscow, RUS	4	7	-	23
2015	Berlin, GER	11	9	-	8
2014	Warsaw, POL	5	8	-	1
2013	Kaohsiung, TPE	1	-	-	-
2012	Rome, ITA	21	-	-	-
2011	Moscow, RUS	3	-	-	3
2009	London, GBR	2	-	13	-
2008	Budapest, HUN	22	5	8	-
2007	Berlin, GER	3	-	-	-
2006	Guatemala City, GUA	14	-	-	-
2005	Warsaw, POL	8	-	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team
2019	Bath, GBR	1	3
2017	Minsk, BLR	37	8

World Cup Final

Year	Location	Individual	Team
2021	Hungary	11	-
2019	Tokyo, JPN	1	-
2017	Druskininkai, LTU	2	4

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Individual	34th	1 x 5th, 1 x 39th
2019	Individual	20th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 18th
2018	Individual	48th	1 x 8th
2017	Individual	6th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2017	Individual	Kecskemet, HUN	1377
2	2019	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1337
2	2017	Individual	Drzonkow, POL	1347
5	2021	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1340
8	2018	Individual	Kecskemet, HUN	1293
18	2019	Individual	Szekesfehervar, HUN	1315
39	2021	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1023

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania

Husband Andrejus Zadneprovskis, daughter Adriana [2010]

Languages spoken:

English, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian

Andrejus Zadneprovskis [husband, personal], LTU; Jevgenij Kliosov [fencing], LTU, from 2002

Right (NOC, 25 Mar 2004)

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Andrejus Zadneprovskis has served as a coach at the Lithuanian Olympic Sports Centre and is an Olympic and world championship medallist for Lithuania in modern pentathlon. He has also served as a board member for the Lithuanian Modern Pentathlon Federation [LSPF] and a member of the UIPM Executive Board. (uipmworld.org, 09 Nov 2018; delfi.lt, 17 Mar 2016; 15min.lt, 02 Oct 2015)

Other sports:

She was a national champion in swimming. (15min.lt, 20 Aug 2012)

In 2018 she underwent Achilles' tendon surgery, which took her about eight months to recover. (lrytas.lt, 29 Jun 2019)

In 2005 she suffered a broken toe. She returned to the sport two months later. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

She took up the sport in 2002 in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

She switched from swimming to modern pentathlon as she liked the variety of the sport. "I swam for eight years, I even dreamed of being an Olympic champion. I grew up with swimming, no other sport interested me. So it turned out that I didn't discover pentathlon, but it discovered me. I talked for two years that I was going to pentathlon, but I kept shaking my hand until I realised that something had to be done because swimming results did not improve. When I decided to try pentathlon, it was interesting - after all, I could only swim, so I had to learn new different things." (lrt.lt, 08 Nov 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (lsveikata.lt, 08 Jun 2020)

Winning gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (respublika.lt, 07 Apr 2020)

Philosophy:

"When you defeat yourself, you defeat your opponent as well." (lrt.lt, 08 Nov 2019)

She was named the 2015 Female Senior Athlete of the Year by the International Modern Pentathlon Union [UIPM]. (UIPM, 08 Nov 2015)

She was named the Lithuanian Sportswoman of the Year in 2011, 2015 and 2019. (uipmworld.org, 18 Dec 2019; sportas.lrytas.lt, 05 Jan 2016)

In 2012 she received the Grand Cross of Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania in recognition of her gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (delfi.lt, 16 Aug 2012; 15min.lt, 20 Aug 2012)

General Interest

General
HUSBAND AS COACH
She says there are benefits and drawbacks to having her husband Andrejus Zadneprovskis as her coach. "We understand each other more because we do the same job, and we understand this lifestyle. Maybe I would say that sometimes we get a little tired of each other when we are too much together. Sometimes you get really tired of that constant presence. Sometimes I want to be alone, and we communicate and he listens, and we give each other space when needed. But the reality is we are both athletes and we are always doing or thinking about sport, from morning to evening, so it's easier to live and communicate with someone who understands this." (delfi.lt, 24 Jun 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In addition to her studies at Vilnius Pedagogical University, she also has a master's degree in European Union policy and administration from Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania. (15min.lt, 16 Jul 2012; prezi.com, 29 Jan 2014)

Milestones

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London she won Lithuania's first Olympic gold medal in modern pentathlon. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Dec 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
OR:: Olympic Record
WR:: World Record

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