Tīna Graudiņa

Tīna Graudiņa
Graudina in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Tīna Laura Graudiņa
Born	(1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 26) Riga, Latvia
Honours Women's beach volleyball Representing  Latvia European Championships 2019 Moscow Beach 2022 Munich Beach

Tīna Laura Graudiņa (born 9 March 1998) 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]

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

Graudiņa's grandfather Artūrs Graudiņš and her grandmother Staņislava Spruženiece were both Latvian high jump champions.[6]

References

1. "Tina Graudina – Women's Beach Volleyball". USC Athletics. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
2. "Tokyo 2020 Beach Volleyball Women Results". Olympics.com.
3. IOC (23 April 2018). "Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
4. "Graudiņa – FIVB sezonas labākā debitante". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
5. "News – Graudina & Kravcenoka: Together means power". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
6. "Tina Graudina | USC Trojans At 2020 Tokyo Olympics". USC | Tokyo Olympics. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
7. "USC Captures Back-to-Back NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships". 8 May 2022.

External links

• Tīna Graudiņa at FIVB.com
• Tīna Graudiņa at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Tīna Graudiņa at the Beach Volleyball Database
• Tīna Graudiņa at Olympedia (archive)
• 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

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