Rasa Drazdauskaitė
Rasa Drazdauskaitė at 2012 Olympics
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Born | 20 March 1981 |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
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| Sport | Running |
| Event(s) | Marathon |
Rasa Drazdauskaitė (born 20 March 1981 in Šiauliai) is a Lithuanian long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, finishing 37th in the marathon. She represented Lithuania again at London 2012, finishing in 27th place.
At the same event (1500 m) in 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics she finished fifth in 4:21.58.
She ran 4:13.33 at 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres to place 5th.
She also competed in 1500 metres running at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics without reaching final.
She was banned from competition from August 2003 to 2005 after having a positive in-competition drug test for the banned steroid Stanozolol.
On her return, she won the 2006 Vilnius Half Marathon and in 2009 she ran a course record time to win at the Tallinn Half Marathon.
She also competed indoors over 1500 m at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, although she did not get past the heats stage running a time of 4:23.38.
She ran 1:15:00 at Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Women's half marathon to place 5th.
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