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.
austra, skujytė, born, august, 1979, biržai, retired, lithuanian, athlete, competing, both, heptathlon, decathlon, april, 2005, columbia, missouri, broke, women, decathlon, world, record, with, score, 8358, 2004, olympic, silver, medalist, 2012, olympic, bronz. Austra Skujyte born 12 August 1979 in Birzai is a retired 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 8358 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 2 Austra SkujyteSkujyte in European Indoor Championships 2011Personal informationBorn 1979 08 12 12 August 1979 age 43 Birzai Lithuanian SSR Soviet UnionHeight1 88 m 6 ft 2 in 1 Weight76 kg 168 lb 1 SportCountry LithuaniaSportAthleticsEvent s HeptathlonMedal record Olympic Games2004 Athens Heptathlon2012 London HeptathlonWorld Indoor Championships2004 Budapest Pentathlon2012 Istanbul PentathlonEuropean Indoor Championships2011 Paris PentathlonUpdated on 4 August 2012 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 3 4 She retired from athletics in 2017 5 Skujyte 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 EditYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting Lithuania1998 World Junior Championships Annecy France 6th Heptathlon 5606 pts1999 European U23 Championships Gothenburg Sweden 6th Heptathlon 5613 pts2000 Olympic Games Sydney Australia 12th Heptathlon 6034 pts2001 European U23 Championships Amsterdam Netherlands 3rd Heptathlon 6087 pts2002 Lithuanian Championships Kaunas Lithuania 3rd High jump 1 75 m1st Shot put 16 20 m2003 Hypo Meeting Gotzis Austria 2nd Heptathlon 6213 ptsWorld Championships Paris France 10th Heptathlon 6077 pts2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest Hungary 3rd Pentathlon 4679 ptsHypo Meeting Gotzis Austria 7th Heptathlon 6233 ptsOlympic Games Athens Greece 2nd Heptathlon 6435 pts2005 Hypo Meeting Gotzis Austria 5th Heptathlon 6386 ptsWorld Championships Helsinki Finland 4th Heptathlon 6360 pts2007 Hypo Meeting Gotzis Austria 5th Heptathlon 6277 ptsWorld Championships Osaka Japan 6th Heptathlon 6380 pts2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia Spain 5th Pentathlon 4655 ptsHypo Meeting Gotzis Austria 10th Heptathlon 6235 ptsOlympic Games Beijing China Heptathlon DNF2009 World Championships Berlin Germany 17th Shot put 17 86 m2010 World Indoor Championships Doha Qatar 15th Shot put 17 55 mLithuanian Championships Kaunas Lithuania 2nd Discus throw 53 89 m1st Shot put 17 25 mEuropean Championships Barcelona Spain 12th Shot put 17 72 m2011 European Indoor Championships Paris France 2nd Pentathlon 4706 ptsWorld Championships Daegu South Korea 8th Heptathlon 6297 pts2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul Turkey 3rd Pentathlon 4802 ptsEuropean Championships Helsinki Finland 11th Shot put 16 53 mOlympic Games London Great Britain 3rd Heptathlon 6599 pts2016 European Championships Amsterdam Netherlands 14th Heptathlon 5245 pts2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade Serbia 9th q Shot put 17 37 mReferences Edit a b Austra Skujyte s profile at the IAAF site Iaaf org Retrieved 2012 08 08 Around the Rings Lithuanian Championships Rezultatai 2015 gt gt Lengvoji lt Archived from the original on 2015 09 09 Retrieved 2015 10 09 Former heptahlete Austra Skujyte receives London 2012 bronze medal Austra Skujyte at World AthleticsExternal links EditAustra Skujyte at Olympedia Austra Skujyte at Olympics com Austra Skujyte at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas in Lithuanian This article about a Lithuanian Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article relating to Lithuanian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Austra Skujyte amp oldid 1150431390, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
