Lina Grinčikaitė-Samuolė (born 3 May 1987 in Klaipėda) is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Lithuania.
Grinčikaitė represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Chandra Sturrup and Kelly-Ann Baptiste in a time of 11.43 seconds. She qualified for the second round, in which she improved her time to 11.33 seconds and placed second after Torri Edwards. With 11.50 seconds she placed sixth in her semi final race, which meant she was eliminated.
After finishing seventh at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Grinčikaitė took the gold medal in the 100 m at the 2009 Summer Universiade, scoring a new personal best of 11.31 seconds in the process.van Kuijen, Hans (2009-07-09). Gold for Serbian junior Spanovic in Long Jump – World University Games Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23. She competed at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the women's 60 metres.
Personal bests EventTime (sec)VenueDate60 metres 7.26 Istanbul, Turkey 11 March 2012100 metres 11.19 NR London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012200 metres 23.33 Leiria, Portugal 22 June 2008 All information taken from IAAF profile.
Achievements Representing 2004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy8th (sf)100m11.71 (-0.1 m/s)2005European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain16th (sf)60 m7.41European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 2nd100 m11.694th200 m23.786th4 × 100 m relay45.472006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia18th (sf)60 m7.38World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China6th100m11.49 (-0.8 m/s)4th (h)Did not show in the semifinal.200m23.84 (-1.5 m/s)2007European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom29th (h)60 m7.47European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary4th100m11.69 (-2.0 m/s)13th (sf)200m23.73 (-0.6 m/s)10th (h)4 × 100 m relay45.372008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain21st (sf)60 m7.41Olympic Games Beijing, China14th (sf)100 m 11.502009European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy7th60 m7.38Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 1st100 m11.315th4 × 100 m relay44.48European Athletics U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania 1st100 m11.37 (+0.2 m/s) 3rd4 × 100 m relay44.092010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar13th (sf)60 m7.34European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain12th (sf)100 m11.3511th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.132011European Indoor Championships Paris, France9th (sf)60 m7.27Universiade Shenzhen, China 3rd100 m11.442012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey12th (sf)60 m7.26European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 3rd100 m11.32Olympic Games London, United Kingdom17th (sf)100 m 11.302013UniversiadeKazan, Russia2nd100 m11.322014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland18th (sf)100 m11.522015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic25th (h)60 m7.41UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea4th100 m11.49 –4 × 100 m relayDNF2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands20th (h)100 m11.77
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