Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala

Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala

File:Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala.jpg Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1988-02-26) February 26, 1988 Riga, Latvian SSR
Height
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Latvia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Javelin
Updated on 11 August 2012.

Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala (born 26 February 1988 in Riga) is a Latvian javelin thrower. She has been coached by Valentīna Eiduka.

In 2006 she participated in World Junior Championships, reached the final and finished in sixth place. In the year of 2007 she participated in European Junior Championships where she won the silver medal and was beaten only by Ukrainian javelin thrower Vira Rebryk.

In 2008 she participated in the Olympic Games, which were the first ones in her career. During the javelin throw qualification she managed to set a new Latvian record in javelin throw – 60.13m. This result also gave her a spot in the final, as that result was the twelfth best on the night. Two days later in the final Ozoliņa's best throw was 53.38m and she finished in 11th place.

She is married to javelin thrower Ainārs Kovals, who won silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	25th (q)	39.34 m
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	6th	56.38 m
2007	European Junior Championships	Hengelo, Netherlands	2nd	57.01 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	11th	53.38 m
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	9th	52.20 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	13th (q)	56.11 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	18th (q)	58.15 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	59.34 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	20th (q)	58.86 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	11th	57.82 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	62.20 m

Personal bests

Event	Mark	Venue	Year
Javelin	60.13 m	Beijing, China	2008

External links

• Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala profile at IAAF

Awards
Preceded by Aiga Grabuste	Latvian Rising Sportspersonality of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Anastasija Sevastova