# Austra Skujytė

Austra Skujytė (born 12 August 1979 in Biržai) 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 latter medal was allocated retrospectively following the disqualification in 2016 of original medalist Tatyana Chernova for historic doping offences.
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. She retired from athletics in 2017.
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 | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Lithuania ||||||
| 1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 6th | Heptathlon | 5606 pts |
| 1999 | European U23 Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6th | Heptathlon | 5613 pts |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 12th | Heptathlon | 6034 pts |
| 2001 | European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | Heptathlon | 6087 pts |
| 2002 | Lithuanian Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 3rd | High jump | 1.75 m |
| 2002 | Lithuanian Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 1st | Shot put | 16.20 m |
| 2003 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6213 pts |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 10th | Heptathlon | 6077 pts |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Pentathlon | 4679 pts |
| 2004 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 7th | Heptathlon | 6233 pts |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6435 pts |
| 2005 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 5th | Heptathlon | 6386 pts |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | Heptathlon | 6360 pts |
| 2007 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 5th | Heptathlon | 6277 pts |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 6th | Heptathlon | 6380 pts |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 5th | Pentathlon | 4655 pts |
| 2008 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 10th | Heptathlon | 6235 pts |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | — | Heptathlon | DNF |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 17th | Shot put | 17.86 m |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 15th | Shot put | 17.55 m |
| 2010 | Lithuanian Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 2nd | Discus throw | 53.89 m |
| 2010 | Lithuanian Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 1st | Shot put | 17.25 m |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 12th | Shot put | 17.72 m |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | Pentathlon | 4706 pts |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 8th | Heptathlon | 6297 pts |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 3rd | Pentathlon | 4802 pts |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 11th | Shot put | 16.53 m |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, Great Britain | 3rd | Heptathlon | 6599 pts |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 14th | Heptathlon | 5245 pts |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 9th (q) | Shot put | 17.37 m |