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Born | Vilnius, Lithuania | 24 August 1995||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Retinopathy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Clonliffe Harriers Athletics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Greta Streimikyte (Lithuanian: Greta Štreimikytė [ʃt̪ɾɛɪ̯ˑmɪˈkʲiːtʲeː]; born 24 August 1995) is a blind Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in 1500 metres events in international level events. She moved to Ireland in 2010 and became an Irish citizen in 2015.[1][2]
Streimikyte is one of a set of triplets, born prematurely and contracted retinopathy in an incubator at birth.[3]