Austra Skujytė (born 12 August 1979 in Biržai) is a retired

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n athlete, competing in both the

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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

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. During that competition she set the World Heptathlon Best in the

Shot Put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

at . 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

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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

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championships, capturing titles in the heptathlon in 2001 and 2002. In 2002, she also took second in the NCAA in the

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

competition.

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* * * 1979 births Living people People from Biržai Sportspeople from Panevėžys County Kansas State Wildcats women's track and field athletes Lithuanian female shot putters Lithuanian heptathletes Lithuanian decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Lithuania Olympic silver medalists for Lithuania Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Female decathletes World Athletics record holders Olympic bronze medalists for Lithuania NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners {{Lithuania-athletics-bio-stub