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Austra Skujytė
Lithuanian athlete competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon

Austra Skujytė

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Lithuanian athlete competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon
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Place of birth
Biržai
Age
45 years
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Biography

Austra Skujytė (born 12 August 1979 in Biržai) is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366. She is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist in the heptathlon. The later medal was allocated retrospectively following the disqualification in 2016 of original medalist Tatyana Chernova for historic doping offences.
Her personal best in the 7-event heptathlon of 6599 was set on 4 August at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. During that competition she set the World Heptathlon Best in the Shot Put at 17.31 m (56 ft 9 1⁄4 in). She is an eight time national champion in the Shot Put. She has also won National Championships in the Discus, 100 metres hurdles twice and Long jump three times.
Skujytė graduated with a degree in kinesiology from Kansas State University, where she became the first woman at the school to win multiple NCAA championships, capturing titles in the heptathlon in 2001 and 2002. In 2002, she also took second in the NCAA in the shot put competition.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Lithuania
1998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France6thHeptathlon5606 pts
1999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden6thHeptathlon5613 pts
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia12thHeptathlon6034 pts
2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rdHeptathlon6087 pts
2002Lithuanian ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania3rdHigh jump1.75 m
1stShot put16.20 m
2003Hypo-MeetingGötzis, Austria2ndHeptathlon6213 pts
World ChampionshipsParis, France10thHeptathlon6077 pts
2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdPentathlon4679 pts
Hypo-MeetingGötzis, Austria7thHeptathlon6233 pts
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece2ndHeptathlon6435 pts
2005Hypo-MeetingGötzis, Austria5thHeptathlon6386 pts
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4thHeptathlon6360 pts
2007Hypo-MeetingGötzis, Austria5thHeptathlon6277 pts
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan6thHeptathlon6380 pts
2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain5thPentathlon4655 pts
Hypo-MeetingGötzis, Austria10thHeptathlon6235 pts
Olympic GamesBeijing, ChinaHeptathlonDNF
2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany17thShot put17.86 m
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar15thShot put17.55 m
Lithuanian ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania2ndDiscus throw53.89 m
1stShot put17.25 m
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain12thShot put17.72 m
2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France2ndPentathlon4706 pts
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea8thHeptathlon6297 pts
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey3rdPentathlon4802 pts
European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland11thShot put16.53 m
Olympic GamesLondon, Great Britain3rdHeptathlon6599 pts

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