Tina
Graudiņa
Latvia
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Beach Volleyball
Date of birth | March 9, 1998 |
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Birthplace | Riga |
Age | 27 |
Nationality | Latvia |
Disciplines | Beach Volleyball |
Alongside long-time partner Anastasija Samoilova, Tīna Graudiņa is one half of Latvia's most successful ever female beach volleyball team - the 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions.
Since forming their partnership, Tīna and Anastasija have been steadily and successfully moving up the beach volleyball ranks, winning their first major international title in 2016 – the U22 European Championship. Tīna had also previously won gold at the 2015 U18 European Championship with partner Paula Neciporuka.
A silver medal at the 2018 U22 European Championship followed their 2016 success Tīna and Anastasija, and the same year, Tīna was named the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball's Rookie of the Year.
In 2019, they became the first-ever Latvian women's team to qualify for the biggest stage in beach volleyball in Tokyo. The pair finished fourth in Japan and Tīna was the best all-round scorer in the tournament.
The best was yet to come for Tīna and Anastasija however and in 2025, they put in a peerless performance at the 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Adelaide; dropping just the one set on their way to becoming Latvia's first-ever world champions in the sport. “I can’t believe it!" commented Tina after the win. “The game was so close. We constantly lost to them all the times that we had played. But today everything happened as we wanted. It’s amazing!”
Following up that stellar result, the pair were crowned European champions in Munich, Germany and continue to bring home regular wins from the Beach Pro Tour.
As well as playing on the pro tour, Tīna was also a student at the University of Southern California, where she was a key member of the USC Trojans beach volleyball team that won the 2021 and 2022 NCAA Women's Beach Volleyball Championships.
In 2023, Tīna won King of the Court in Luxemburg. She also earned multiple Beach Pro Tour podium finishes around the world between 2023-24.