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Full name | Tīna Laura Graudiņa | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Riga, Latvia | 9 March 1998|||||||||||||||||
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Tīna Laura Graudiņa (born 9 March 1998 in Riga) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. She represented Latvia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Graudiņa and her partner Anastasija Kravčenoka were the first Latvian women's pair to qualify for the Olympics. [1] She and Kravčenoka came in fourth at the Tokyo Olympics. [2] Tīna Graudiņa was also named the best all-around scorer at the Tokyo Olympics. [3]
Graudiņa won the 2019 European Championship, and earned gold at the 2016 U22 European Championship with partner Anastasija Kravčenoka. In 2018 she also won silver at the U22 European Championship [1] and was named FIVB Rookie of the Year. [4]
Previously, Graudiņa won gold at the 2015 U18 European Championship with partner Paula Neciporuka. [5]
Tīna Graudiņa played for the University of Southern California (USC). In her career at USC, she had many accomplishments: [6] [7]
Graudiņa's grandfather Artūrs Graudiņš was a Latvian high jump champion. Her grandmother Staņislava Spruženiece was a Latvian high jump champion. [6]