Ana Ambrazienė

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|4|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tarakonys, Lithuanian SSR, USSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|2|12|1955|4|14|df=y}}

| death_place = Vilnius, Lithuania

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Ana Ambrazienė (14 April 1955 – 12 February 2025), also known as Anna Kostecka (or Kastetskaya), was a Lithuanian hurdler.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/lithuania/anna-ambraziene-60045 |title=Athlete profile: Anna Ambraziene |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |accessdate=2015-10-30}}

Background

Ambrazienė she was born in Vilnius on 14 April 1955, and was of Polish descent.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.tygodnik.lt/200401/sport1.html |title=Article about Anna Kostecka-Ambraziene |magazine=Tygodnik Wileńszczyzny [Vilnius Region Weekly] |year=2004 |oclc=69492151}}{{cite book |url=http://www.can.pl/downloads/Polscy_sportowcy_w_swiecie_2014_001-025.pdf |title=Polscy sportowcy w świecie |trans-title=Polish athletes in the world |page=9 |publisher=CAN |first=Zbigniew Andrzej |last=Judycki |year=2014 |isbn=978-83-64587-00-9 |quote=Anna Ambraziene-Kostecka}} She died in Vilnius on 12 February 2025, at the age of 69.{{cite web|url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/ana-ambraziene/|title=Ana Ambrazienė|work=Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija|language=Lithuanian}}

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.

Competition results

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colspan="6" \| Representing {{URS}}
rowspan="2" \| 1981 \| rowspan="2" \| Summer Universiade \| rowspan="2" \| Bucharest, Romania \| bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \| 400 m hurdles \| 55.52 GR
bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \| 4 × 400 m relay \| 3:26.65
1982 \| European Championships \| Athens, Greece \| 4th \| 400 m hurdles \| 55.09 {{cite book \|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf \|title=European Athletics Championships: Statistics Handbook \|publisher=European Athletics Association \|year=2014 \|page=44 \|accessdate=2015-10-30 \|quote=4. Anna Kastetskaya (URS) 55.09}}
1983 \| World Championships \| Helsinki, Finland \| bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \| 400 m hurdles \| 54.15 {{cite web \|url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics/1983/1st-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-3/women/400-metres-hurdles/final/result \|title=1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics: 400 Metres Hurdles – women – final results \|publisher=IAAF \|accessdate=2015-10-30 \|quote=2. Anna AMBRAZIENÉ (URS) 54.15}}
1987 \| World Championships \| Rome, Italy \| 6th \| 400 m hurdles \| 55.68 {{cite web \|url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics/1987/2nd-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-4/women/400-metres-hurdles/final/result \|title=2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics: 400 Metres Hurdles – women – final results \|publisher=IAAF \|accessdate=2015-10-30 \|quote=6. Anna AMBRAZIENÉ (URS) 55.68}}
colspan="6" \| Representing {{LIT}}
1990 \| Lithuanian Championships \| Lithuania \| bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \| 400 m \| 52.4

colspan="6" | Representing {{URS}}

rowspan="2" | 1981

| rowspan="2" | Summer Universiade

| rowspan="2" | Bucharest, Romania

| bgcolor="gold" | 1st

| 400 m hurdles

| 55.52 GR

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:26.65

1982

| European Championships

| Athens, Greece

| 4th

| 400 m hurdles

| 55.09 {{cite book |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf |title=European Athletics Championships: Statistics Handbook |publisher=European Athletics Association |year=2014 |page=44 |accessdate=2015-10-30 |quote=4. Anna Kastetskaya (URS) 55.09}}

1983

| World Championships

| Helsinki, Finland

| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

| 400 m hurdles

| 54.15 {{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics/1983/1st-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-3/women/400-metres-hurdles/final/result |title=1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics: 400 Metres Hurdles – women – final results |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=2015-10-30 |quote=2. Anna AMBRAZIENÉ (URS) 54.15}}

1987

| World Championships

| Rome, Italy

| 6th

| 400 m hurdles

| 55.68 {{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics/1987/2nd-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-4/women/400-metres-hurdles/final/result |title=2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics: 400 Metres Hurdles – women – final results |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=2015-10-30 |quote=6. Anna AMBRAZIENÉ (URS) 55.68}}

colspan="6" | Representing {{LIT}}

1990

| Lithuanian Championships

| Lithuania

| bgcolor="gold" | 1st

| 400 m

| 52.4