Austra Skujytė
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female |
| Full name | Austra•Skujytė |
| Used name | Austra•Skujytė |
| Born | 12 August 1979 in Biržai, Panevėžys (LTU) |
| Measurements | 188 cm / 82 kg |
| Affiliations | Kansas State Wildcats, Manhattan (USA) |
| NOC |  Lithuania |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 1 |
| Bronze | 1 |
| Total | 2 |
Biography
Austra Skujytė was a Lithuanian multi-event athlete who competed at four Olympic Games, winning silver in the heptathlon in 2004 and bronze in 2012. She attended college in the United States at Kansas State University, where she was a two-time NCAA Champion in the heptathlon. In 2005 Skujytė set a world record of 8,358 points at Columbia, Missouri in the rarely contested women’s decathlon.
Personal Best: Hep – 6,599 (2012).
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Summer Olympics | Athletics | LTU |
Austra Skujytė | |||
| Heptathlon, Women (Olympic) | 12 | |||||
| 2004 Summer Olympics | Athletics | LTU |
Austra Skujytė | |||
| Heptathlon, Women (Olympic) | 2 | Silver | ||||
| 2008 Summer Olympics | Athletics | LTU |
Austra Skujytė | |||
| Heptathlon, Women (Olympic) | ||||||
| 2012 Summer Olympics | Athletics | LTU |
Austra Skujytė | |||
| Heptathlon, Women (Olympic) | 3 | Bronze |
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships (0–1–0 2011 Paris silver: pentathlon)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Athletics Indoor Championships (0–0–2 2004 Budapest bronze: pentathlon; 2012 İstanbul bronze: pentathlon)