Līna Mūze

Līna Mūze
Līna Mūze in Moscow 2013
nation	Latvia
birthday	4th December 1992 (age 27)
place of birth	Smiltene , Latvia
size	182 cm
Weight	75 kg
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	64.87 m (May 18, 2019 in Shanghai )
status	active
Medal table
Summer Universiade 0 × 1 × 0 × U23 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 world championships 0 × 1 × 0 × U20 European Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Universiade silver Gwangju 2015 60.26 m  U23 European Championships gold Tampere 2013 58.61 m  Junior World Championships silver Moncton 2010 56.64 m  Junior European Championships silver Tallinn 2011 55.83 m
last change: January 1st, 2020

Līna Mūze (born December 4, 1992 in Smiltene ) is a Latvian javelin thrower .

Athletic career

Līna Mūze gained her first international experience in 2009 at the World Youth Championships in Bressanone , where she finished sixth with a width of 50.36 m. The following year she took part in the Junior World Championships in Moncton , Canada , where she won the silver medal with 56.64 m, as well as the 2011 European Junior Championships in Tallinn with 55.83 m. In 2012 she reached the final at her first European Championships in Helsinki , where she finished tenth with 55.60 m. This also qualified her for the Olympic Games in London , where she did not reach the final with 59.91 m . In 2013 she won the U23 European Championships in Tampere with 58.61 m and was eliminated from the qualification at the World Championships in Moscow with 60.29 m, as well as at the 2014 European Championships in Zurich with 53.42 m.

In 2015 she took part in the Summer Universiade in Gwangju , where she won the silver medal behind Belarusian Tazzjana Chaladowitsch with a throw at 60.26 m . The following year she was eliminated from the European Championships in Amsterdam without a valid attempt in qualification and so also missed the re-participation in the Olympic Games. She also took part in the European Championships in Berlin in 2018 , but was eliminated from the qualification there with 53.95 m, as was the case at the 2019 World Championships in Doha , where 55.66 m were not enough for a final .

In 2013 Mūze became the Latvian javelin throwing champion.

Web links

Commons : Līna Mūze  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lina Muze in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Līna Mūze in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )