Ana Ambrazienė

Ana Ambrazienė (14 April 1955 – 12 February 2025), also known as Anna Kostecka (or Kastetskaya), was a Lithuanian hurdler.^[1]

Ana Ambrazienė

Personal information
Born	(1955-04-14)14 April 1955 Tarakonys, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
Died	12 February 2025(2025-02-12) (aged 69) Vilnius, Lithuania
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  Soviet Union World Championships 1983 Helsinki 400 m hurdles Universiade 1981 Bucharest 400 m hurdles 1981 Bucharest 4×400 m relay

Background

Ambrazienė she was born in Vilnius on 14 April 1955, and was of Polish descent.^[2][3][4] She died in Vilnius on 12 February 2025, at the age of 69.^[5]

Career

Ambrazienė represented the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. Her personal best in the women's 400 m hurdles was 54.02 at a meet in Moscow on 11 June 1983. That mark was the standing world record for over a year.

In 1985, Ambrazienė graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Physical Education. She became a physical education teacher from 1999 to 2006.^[5]

Competition results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Soviet Union
1981	Summer Universiade	Bucharest, Romania	1st	400 m hurdles	55.52 GR
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.65
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	400 m hurdles	55.09 [4]
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	400 m hurdles	54.15 [6]
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	6th	400 m hurdles	55.68 [7]
Representing  Lithuania
1990	Lithuanian Championships	Lithuania	1st	400 m	52.4

See also

• Women's 400 metres hurdles world record progression

References

1. "Athlete profile: Anna Ambraziene". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
2. "Article about Anna Kostecka-Ambraziene". Tygodnik Wileńszczyzny [Vilnius Region Weekly]. 2004. OCLC 69492151.
3. Judycki, Zbigniew Andrzej (2014). Polscy sportowcy w świecie [Polish athletes in the world] (PDF). CAN. p. 9. ISBN 978-83-64587-00-9. Anna Ambraziene-Kostecka
4. European Athletics Championships: Statistics Handbook (PDF). European Athletics Association. 2014. p. 44. Retrieved 30 October 2015. 4. Anna Kastetskaya (URS) 55.09
5. "Ana Ambrazienė". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian).
6. "1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics: 400 Metres Hurdles – women – final results". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2015. 2. Anna AMBRAZIENÉ (URS) 54.15
7. "2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics: 400 Metres Hurdles – women – final results". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2015. 6. Anna AMBRAZIENÉ (URS) 55.68

External links

• Ana Ambrazienė at World Athletics

Records
Preceded by Karin Roßley	Women's 400 m hurdles world record holder 11 June 1983 – 22 June 1984	Succeeded by Margarita Ponomaryova
Sporting positions
Preceded by Ann-Louise Skoglund	Women's 400 m hurdles best year performance 1983	Succeeded by Margarita Ponomaryova