Madara Palameika

Madara Sady Ndure (previously known as Palameika) (born 18 June 1987) is a Latvian former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Her personal best of 66.18 m, set in 2016, is the Latvian record.

Career She won a bronze medal at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, with a throw of 57.07 metres. She then won a gold medal at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, with a throw of 64.51 metres. She had a seventh place finish at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, with a best throw of 60.78 metres.

She had an eighth place finish at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, with a best throw of 56.82 metres. She finished in seventh place overall at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with a throw of 60.73 metres. Competing in Zurich, Switzerland, she had a fourth place finish at the 2014 European Athletics Championships with a best throw of 62.04 metres.

She had a seventh place finish at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a best throw of 60.39 metres. She won the Brussels Diamond League event in September 2016 with a Latvian national record of 66.18m from her first throw, finishing ahead of double Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic, whose best was 63.78m.

At the beginning of 2024 she announced the end of her sporting career and her retirement from athletics. In total, she participated in five European Athletics Championships, with a best result of fourth place in Zurich in 2014. She also competed at six World Athletics Championships and three Olympic Games.

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