Gunta Vaičule

Gunta Vaičule

Personal information
Birth name	Gunta Latiševa-Čudare
Born	(1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 29) Rēzekne, Latvia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	400 metres

Gunta Vaičule (born Latiševa-Čudare; born 9 March 1995) is a Latvian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.^[2] She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. Her personal best in the event is 50.83 seconds set in Valmiera in 2024.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Latvia
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	26th (h)	100 m	12.26
			15th (sf)	200 m	24.39
	European Youth Olympic Festival	Trabzon, Turkey	4th	200 m	24.24
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	32nd (h)	400 m	55.57
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	4th	400 m	52.76
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	13th (sf)	400 m	54.23
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	21st (h)	400 m	53.37
2015	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	8th (h)	400 m	52.60
			10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	46.65
	World Championships	Beijing, China	30th (h)	400 m	52.17
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	20th (sf)	400 m	53.11
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	45th (h)	400 m	53.08
2017	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	400 m	52.00
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	12th (sf)	400 m	51.57
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	2nd	200 m	23.15
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	10th (sf)	400 m	51.60
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	14th (sf)	400 m	53.53
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	4th	200 m	23.12
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	30th (h)	200 m	23.32
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	20th (h)	400 m	53.05
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	25th (h)	400 m	52.21
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	10th (sf)	400 m	51.25
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	10th (sf)	400 m	53.57
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	25th (h)	400 m	51.36
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	17th (h)	400 m	53.09
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	24th (sf)	200 m	23.48
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	8th (rep)	400 m	50.93

• Gunta Vaičule at World Athletics
• Gunta Vaičule at the Latvian Athletics Association (in Latvian)
• Gunta Vaičule at Olympics.com
• Gunta Vaičule at Olympedia
• Gunta Vaičule at the Latvian Olympic Committee (archived) (in Latvian)