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