Živilė Balčiūnaitė
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality |
 Lithuania
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| Born |
3 April 1979 Vilnus, Lithuania |
| Sport | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Sport | Running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Regional finals | 1st, 2010 |
| National finals | 1st, 2000 2nd, 2001, 2009 |
Živilė Balčiūnaitė (born 3 April 1979 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian long-distance runner. Balčiūnaitė finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. She also competed in the same event at the 2004 Olympics, finishing 14th. She finished 11th at the 2008 Olympics.
In April 2011, the Athletics Federation of Lithuania announced Balčiūnaitė has been banned for two years for a positive drug test and will be stripped of her gold medal from Barcelona. Balčiūnaitė has said she is innocent and said the positive drug test was a result of a drug prescription by her gynecologist, however the anti doping rules state that every athlete is responsible for their own medical use.
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