Airinė Palšytė (born 13 July 1992) is a

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high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. She won the gold medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.

Personal life

Palšytė was born in

Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...

, Lithuania. Her father Aurimas Palšis was a professional basketball player. In 1998, Palšytė enrolled at the Simono Stanevičiaus Secondary School in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population w ...

. From 2006 to 2010, she studied at Žemyna's gymnasium, also in Vilnius. In 2010, she started studying business information management at

Vilnius University Vilnius University ( Lithuanian: ''Vilniaus universitetas'') is a public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher education institutions in Central and Ea ...

, Faculty of Communications. After completing her undergraduate degree, she began her Master's studies at Vilnius University, Faculty of Economics (marketing and integrated communications). Her boyfriend is a Lithuanian sprinter (specialising in 60, 100 and 200 meters) Kostas Skrabulis.

Athletic career

At the

2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships The 85th 2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships were held in S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas on 18–19 July 2008. Men Women External links Lithuanian athletics {{Lithuanian Athletics Championships Lithuanian Athletics Cha ...

, Palšytė finished second and won her first senior national championships medal. At the

2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships The 87th 2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships were held in S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas on 9–10 July 2010. Men Women References Results External links {{Lithuanian Athletics Championships Lithuanian Athletics Champ ...

, she won her first national gold medal. Palšytė competed at the Olympic Games in

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, and

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

. She won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. She won the gold medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 2019 European Indoor Championships. Her personal best is 2.01 metres, achieved in March 2017 when she won gold at the European Indoor Championships. It was also a new national high jump record. Her personal best outdoors jump is 1.98 metres, achieved in both July and August 2014 in Kaunas and

Eberstadt Eberstadt () is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is best known for its winegrowing and its yearly international high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump una ...

Achievements

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palsyte, Airine 1992 births Living people Lithuanian female high jumpers Sportspeople from Kaunas Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Lithuania World Athletics Championships athletes for Lithuania European Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania FISU World University Games silver medalists for Lithuania FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Lithuania Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade European Games competitors for Lithuania Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics