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Female Para athlete Diana Dadzite of Latvia throws a shot put

Diana Dadzite

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Dadzite was the most successful field eventer at the London 2017 World Championships, winning no fewer than three gold medals.

The Latvian won shot put F55, discus F55 and javelin F56 in the London Stadium, setting a new javelin F55 world record in the process.

Dadzite’s third-round throw of 27.07m in the javelin F56 added 3.81m on to her winning distance from Rio 2016, where she won discus bronze in addition to gold in the javelin F56.

Prior to 2016, Dadzite had not managed to reach the podium at a major international competition, but she made her mark at the Grosseto European Championships in June that year, winning shot put F55 gold, javelin F56 silver and discus F55 bronze.

Dadzite’s image appears on Latvian stamps after the country marked the success of Latvia’s Rio 2016 Paralympic medallists with stamps in their honour.

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Athletics 2015 World Championships (Doha, Qatar)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Shot Put F55 Final 1 2015-10-25 4
Women's Discus Throw F55 Final 1 2015-10-28 11
Women's Javelin F56 Final 1 2015-10-29 7
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Javelin F56 Final Round 2016-09-10 1
Women's Discus Throw F55 Final Round 2016-09-17 3
World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Shot Put F55 Final 1 2017-07-15 1
Women's Javelin F56 Final 1 2017-07-17 1
Women's Discus Throw F55 Final 1 2017-07-21 1
Dubai 2019 World Para Athletics Championships (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Javelin F55/56 Final 1 2019-11-11 1
Women's Discus Throw F54/55 Final 1 2019-11-15 3
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Tokyo, Japan)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Discus Throw F55 Final 2021-08-27 2
Women's Javelin F56 Final 2021-08-31 3