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]
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| Born | 9 March 1998 Riga, Latvia | |||||||||||||||||
Honours
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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]
- 2021 and 2022 NCAA women's beach volleyball championships
- 2019 National Player of the Year
- All-American first team, in 2018, 2019 and 2021
- 91–8 career record (31–2 in 2018, 33–2 in 2019, 27–4 in 2021)
Personal life edit
Graudiņa's grandfather Artūrs Graudiņš was a Latvian high jump champion. Her grandmother Staņislava Spruženiece was a Latvian high jump champion.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b "Tina Graudina - Women's Beach Volleyball". USC Athletics. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball Women Results". Olympics.com.
- ^ IOC (23 April 2018). "Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Graudiņa - FIVB sezonas labākā debitante". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "News - Graudina & Kravcenoka: Together means power". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Tina Graudina | USC Trojans At 2020 Tokyo Olympics". USC | Tokyo Olympics. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "USC Captures Back-to-Back NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships". 8 May 2022.
External links edit
- Tīna Graudiņa at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Tīna Graudiņa at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Tīna Graudiņa at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Tīna Graudiņa at Olympedia
- Tīna Graudiņa at Olympics.com
- Tīna Laura Graudiņa at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation)
- Tīna Graudina at Volleybox
- Tina Graudina Claims Latvian Title with Anastasija Kravcenoka
- Tina Graudina in her own words
