Živilė Balčiūnaitė (born 3 April 1979 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian Marathon runner.
Career Balčiūnaitė finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. She also competed in the same event at the 2004 Olympics, finishing 14th. She finished 11th at the 2008 Olympics.
Doping bans In April 2011, the Athletics Federation of Lithuania announced Balčiūnaitė has been banned for two years for a positive drug test and was stripped of her marathon gold medal from the 2010 European Athletics Championships.
Balčiūnaitė received an eight year ban in July 2016 by the Athletics Federation of Lithuania after testing positive for meldonium.
Achievements Representing 1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 10th 3000 m 9:34.011999 European U23 Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th 10,000 m 33:47.132001 European U23 Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 5th 10,000 m 34:04.342004 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 14th Marathon 2:35:012006 2006 European Championships in Athletics Gothenburg, Sweden 4th Marathon 2:31:012007 2007 World Championships in Athletics Osaka, Japan 33rd Marathon 2:43:282008 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 11th Marathon 2:29:332009 2009 World Championships in Athletics Berlin, Germany 19th Marathon 2:31:062010 2010 European Championships in Athletics Barcelona, Spain dq Marathon 2:31:142013 2013 World Championships in Athletics Moscow, Russia 20th Marathon 2:41:09 SB
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