The fourth time was the charm for Latvian long jumper Ineta Radēviča, who scored big July 28 during the 20th European Athletic Championships in Spain, leaping to a new personal best and earning a gold medal for her country.

It is the first gold medal for a Latvian woman in the championships, which are held every four years, and the first medal overall for Latvia in this year’s competition. The championships started July 26 and continue until Aug. 1 in Barcelona.

Radēviča, 29, started strong in her first attempt, reaching 6.73 meters, the best performance among the 12 finalists in the women’s long jump event, according to results reported by European Athletics.

She maintained her top spot through the next two attempts, jumping 6.87 meters and 6.79 meters, respectively. Her personal best, 6.92 meters, came in her fourth attempt. It was matched by silver medalist Naide Gomes of Portugal.

Russia’s Olga Kucherenko, who won bronze in the event, also scored her best distance on her fourth attempt—6.84 meters.

Radēviča did not get a chance to improve her distance, fouling out in her fifth and sixth attempts.

Radēviča, who attended the University of Nebraska in the United States, competed in the long jump for Latvia during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

During the 2006 European Ahtletic Championships in Sweden, Latvia’s Staņislavs Olijars won gold in the 110-meter men’s hurdles event.

A former detainee held by U.S. authorities at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base has arrived in Latvia as part of a move by the Obama Administration to close the detention facility.

The person, whose identity was not released to safeguard their privacy, was transferred July 23, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Defense. Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers agreed to the transfer in February.

The person’s release was approved by the Guantánamo Review Task Force, an interagency body.

The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in February that the person is from Central Asia and that the person “indicated readiness and interest to be housed in Latvia, as well as to integrate, learn the language and observe Latvia’s laws.”

Spain also took in a former detainee in the July 23 transfer. In all, 176 detainees remain at Guantánamo Bay. The detainees are considered “enemy combatants” in the war on terrorism and many are alleged to be members of al-Qaida and the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan. More than 600 detainees have been sent to other countries since 2002.

Amnesty International commended Latvia’s decision to take in the former detainee, “who could not return to his country of origin for fear of being subjected to torture or other serious human rights violations,” the nonprofit organization announced in press release.