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

• IAAF profile for Austra Skujytė