Agnė Šerkšnienė

Agnė Šerkšnienė (Orlauskaitė) (born 18 February 1988) is a retired Lithuanian sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She was a multiple-time Lithuanian national champion, and took part in 2020 Olympic Games.

Career She missed the 2012 Olympic Games qualifying standard by just 0.11 seconds, however in the following season she reached the semi-finals of the 2013 World Athletics Championships. She also placed 11th with the Lithuanian women’s team in 4 × 400 metres relay at the championships, as they ran a time of 3:36.25. In 2014 however she suffered a serious injury which ruled her out of competition for a lengthy period, and decided to start a family with her husband.

She competed for Lithuania in the 400 metres at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games, held in Tokyo, Japan in 2021.

Personal life She was educated at Kaunas Pilėnai Secondary School and graduated in economics in 2011 from Kaunas University of Technology. Her hobbies include playing the piano and swimming. She married Andrius Šerkšnas with whom she had a daughter, Audra, born in 2015. They moved to Switzerland in 2011 where he was employed by the Formula 1 team Alfa Romeo.

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