Justina Vanagaitė

Justina Vanagaitė-Samuile (born 3 January 1990 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian dressage rider. Representing Lithuania, she competed at the 2022 World Equestrian Games and at the 2021 European Dressage Championships. She placed 44th place in individual dressage at the 2022 World Equestrian Games with her horse Nabab.

Personal Justina started riding at the age of 13. She is a founder of Vilnius equestrian club.

Career In 2021, on her horse Nabab, she became the first representatives of Lithuania to compete in the European Dressage Championship. In June 2022, Vanagaitė won the round of the World Dressage Cup in Slovakia.

In April 2024, she competed at the World Cup Final at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on her 11-year-old gelding Nadab. The pair scored 75.1% to finish eighth in the freestyle. She qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Personal bests

+Personal bests Event Score Horse Venue Date Grand Prix 71.261 Nabab Wierzbna, Poland 3 September 2022 Grand Prix Special 69.957 Nabab Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland, Austria 3 July 2022 Grand Prix Freestyle 75.465 Nabab Perila, Estonia 17 July 2022