DADZITE Diana

Date of Birth: 4 Feb 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Female

Sport Class: F55

Place of birth: RIGA

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 Discus Throw - F55	2
	Women's Javelin Throw - F56	3

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Seated Discus/Club	Women's Discus Throw - F55 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Seated Javelin	Women's Javelin Throw - F56 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	Javelin Throw - F56	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	23.26
3	Discus Throw - F55	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	22.66
World Championships
1	Javelin Throw - F56	2019	Dubai, UAE	25.54
1	Discus Throw - F55	2017	London, GBR	23.18
1	Javelin Throw - F56	2017	London, GBR	27.07
1	Shot Put - F55	2017	London, GBR	8.01
3	Discus Throw - F55	2019	Dubai, UAE	22.97
4	Shot Put - F55	2015	Doha, QAT	6.89
7	Javelin Throw - F56	2015	Doha, QAT	16.63
11	Discus Throw - F55	2015	Doha, QAT	16.17
European Championships
1	Discus Throw - F55	2018	Berlin, GER	22.46
1	Javelin Throw - F56	2018	Berlin, GER	26.36
1	Shot Put - F55	2018	Berlin, GER	8.00

Di (Facebook profile, 25 Feb 2021)

Travelling, reading, driving. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, German, Italian, Latvian, Russian

Siegfried Wegener, GER, from 2016

Sporting relatives:

Her sister Daiga Dadzite has served as the president of the Latvian Paralympic Committee. (jauns.lv, 22 Aug 2017)

Other sports:

She has played wheelchair basketball at club level in Latvia, Italy and Germany. (swr.de, 07 Mar 2021; skaties.lv, 10 Feb 2017; volksfreund.de, 23 Mar 2018)

2014 for Latvia (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

She began competing in throwing events in 2014. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

She was spotted by Latvian coaches while attending the 2013 World Championships in Lyon, France. "My friend [Latvian Para athlete Aigars Apinis] was competing and I was supporting him. Some coaches saw that my hands were really strong and said, 'Come on, we will go to the stadium and try to throw the javelin'. I said, 'No, no, leave me alone'." She went on to try the sport, and began competing the following year. (paralympic.org, 03 Apr 2018)

To win medals at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (swr.de, 08 Mar 2021)

Winning a gold medal and setting a world record in the F56 javelin at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Latvian Para athlete Aigars Apinis. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Latvian Para athlete Aigars Apinis. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

She was the flag bearer for Latvia at the opening ceremony of the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (IPC, 20 Aug 2018)

She received the Riga Sport Laureate Award for Best Athlete with an Impairment in 2017. (skaties.lv, 09 Dec 2017)

She was Latvia's flag bearer during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (MyInfo, 06 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
F55 (IPC, 15 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.org, 03 Apr 2018)

Impairment Details
She was born with spina bifida but did not know about it until she was age 16. Her impairment was aggravated after a car accident in 2012 that resulted in paraplegia. "The first two years after what happened, I was going through a lot, wondering why this was happening to me. I was depressed. I was crying at home in a pillow." (Athlete, 18 Sep 2016; lpkomiteja.lv, 2016; paralympic.org, 03 Apr 2018; konz.eu, 01 Jul 2017; jauns.lv, 22 Aug 2017)

General
DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD
She endured a difficult childhood. Her biological father did not want to have a baby, and left her mother before she was born. Her stepfather and mother both had alcohol abuse problems, and she witnessed domestic violence in the home. "I haven't seen my real father, he asked my mother to have an abortion and then disappeared when she did not. Later I found out that while my mother was pregnant with me she took all sorts of pills, and later she had problems with alcohol. I don't think about it every day, and it doesn't affect my life anymore. In the past, I was looking for reasons and wanted answers for why this had happened to me, but I have made the effort to try to live on, leaving everything bad in the past." (jauns.lv, 22 Aug 2017)

LATVIA TO GERMANY
She was born in Latvia, but moved to Germany in 2010 with her former partner, who had been offered a contract to play for a German wheelchair basketball club. She took part in training sessions for fun before being offered a contract to also play for the club. "I'm proud to be Latvian. I have had offers to change my citizenship, but I have always refused because my heart will be always in Latvia." (fronte.lv, 01 Oct 2018; skaties.lv, 10 Feb 2017)

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Legend

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

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