Quick Facts
Biography
Airinė Palšytė (born 13 July 1992 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian high jumper. She won gold at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
Personal life
In 1998, Palšytė enrolled at the Simono Stanevičiaus Secondary School in Vilnius. From 2006 to 2010, she studied at Žemyna's gymnasium, also in Vilnius. In 2010, she started studying business information management at Vilnius University, Faculty of Communications. After completing her undergraduate degree, she began her Master's studies at Vilnius University, Faculty of Economics (Marketing and Integrated Communications).
Athletic career
At the 2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships, Palšytė finished second and won her first seniors national championships medal. At the 2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships, she won her first national gold medal.
Her personal best is 2.01 metres, achieved on Saturday, march 4, 2017, winning the gold medal of the European indoor championships. It is also new national high jump record and new 2017 indoor World Lead. Her personal best outdoors jump is 1.98 metres, achieved both in July and repeated in August 2014 in Kaunas and Eberstadt.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Lithuania | ||||
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 19th (q) | 1.74 m |
| 2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 4th | 1.82 m |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 16th (q) | 1.85 m |
| World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 2nd | 1.89 m | |
| 2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 2nd | 1.96 m (=NR) |
| European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 19th (q) | 1.85 m | |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 9th (q) | 1.92 m |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | 1.89 m | |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 11th | 1.89 m | |
| 2013 | European U23 Championship | Tampere, Finland | 2nd | 1.92 m |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 12th | 1.89 m | |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 10th (q) | 1.92 m |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 13th | 1.90 m | |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 4th | 1.94 m |
| Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 1st | 1.84 m | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 14th (q) | 1.89 m | |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 4th | 1.96 m |
| European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2nd | 1.96 m | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13th | 1.88 m | |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | 2.01 m |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 7th | 1.92 m | |
| Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 3rd | 1.91 m | |