Austra Skujytė
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.
Her personal best in the 7-event heptathlon of 6435 was set on 21 August at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she won the Olympic silver medal.
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
Year |
Tournament |
Venue |
Result |
Event |
2000 |
Olympic Games |
Sydney, Australia |
12th |
Heptathlon |
2002 |
Lithuanian Championships |
Kaunas, Lithuania |
3rd |
High jump |
1st |
Shot put |
2003 |
Hypo-Meeting |
Götzis, Austria |
2nd |
Heptathlon |
World Championships |
Paris, France |
10th |
Heptathlon |
2004 |
World Indoor Championships |
Budapest, Hungary |
3rd |
Pentathlon |
Hypo-Meeting |
Götzis, Austria |
7th |
Heptathlon |
Olympic Games |
Athens, Greece |
2nd |
Heptathlon |
2005 |
Hypo-Meeting |
Götzis, Austria |
5th |
Heptathlon |
World Championships |
Helsinki, Finland |
4th |
Heptathlon |
2007 |
Hypo-Meeting |
Götzis, Austria |
5th |
Heptathlon |
World Championships |
Osaka, Japan |
6th |
Heptathlon |
2008 |
World Indoor Championships |
Valencia, Spain |
5th |
Pentathlon |
Hypo-Meeting |
Götzis, Austria |
10th |
Heptathlon |
Olympic Games |
Beijing, China |
DNF |
Heptathlon |
2009 |
World Championships |
Berlin, Germany |
17th |
Shot put |
2010 |
World Championships |
Doha, Qatar |
15th |
Shot put |
Lithuanian Championships |
Kaunas, Lithuania |
2nd |
Discus throw |
1st |
Shot put |
European Championships |
Barcelona, Spain |
12th |
Shot put |
2011 |
European Indoor Championships |
Paris, France |
2nd |
Pentathlon |
References
Persondata |
Name |
Skujyte, Austra |
Alternative names |
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Short description |
Lithuanian athlete |
Date of birth |
12 August 1979 |
Place of birth |
Biržai, Lithuania |
Date of death |
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Place of death |
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