Greta Karinauskaitė (born 11 February 2001) is a Lithuanian athlete specialising in steeplechase running. She is a multiple-time national champion and in 2023, became Lithuanian national record holder for the 3000m steeplechase.
Early life From Šiauliai, Lithuania, she attended was educated at the Siauliai Didzdvaris gimnazium. She began to attend California Baptist University in the United States in 2021.
Career 2023 On 27 May 2023, she broke Lithuanian national record for women's 3000m steeplechase with her new personal best of 9:26.88 whilst competing at the NCAA qualifiers in Sacramento, California. She beat the previous best mark set by Rasa Troup in 2008. Karinauskaitė won the bronze medal at the 2023 European Games in Silesia in the 3000m steeplechase event in June of that year. She then won a silver medal at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in the 3000m steeplechase in Espoo, Finland in July 2023.
Competing in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she finished sixth in her heat, running 9:30.28.
She competed at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, Belgium, where she finished in fifth place in the women’s under-23 race, achieving the highest finish by a Lithuanian athlete in the history of the championships.
2024 She finished in fourth place in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024, running a time of 9:36.54. Later that month, she won the Lithuanian Athletics Championships in the 3000m steeplechase.
She competed at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.
2025 She set a new personal best for the 3000 metres running 9:08.35 indoors in Boston, Massachusetts in February 2025.
International competitions Representing 2019European U20 Cross Country Championships Lisbon, Portugal 40 Cross country2021European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 6 3000m st 10:05.84 2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 18 3000m st 9:55.112023European GamesChorzów, Poland 3 3000m st 9:28.48
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