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 . 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 Representing 1998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France6thHeptathlon5606 pts1999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden6thHeptathlon5613 pts2000Olympic Games Sydney, Australia12thHeptathlon6034 pts2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rdHeptathlon6087 pts2002Lithuanian Championships Kaunas, Lithuania3rdHigh jump1.75 m1stShot put16.20 m2003Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 2ndHeptathlon6213 ptsWorld Championships Paris, France10thHeptathlon6077 pts2004World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rdPentathlon4679 ptsHypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria7thHeptathlon6233 ptsOlympic Games Athens, Greece 2ndHeptathlon6435 pts2005Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria5thHeptathlon6386 ptsWorld Championships Helsinki, Finland4thHeptathlon6360 pts2007Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria5thHeptathlon6277 ptsWorld Championships Osaka, Japan6thHeptathlon6380 pts2008World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain5thPentathlon4655 ptsHypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria10thHeptathlon6235 ptsOlympic Games Beijing, China —HeptathlonDNF2009World Championships Berlin, Germany17thShot put17.86 m2010World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar15thShot put17.55 mLithuanian ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania 2ndDiscus throw53.89 m 1stShot put17.25 mEuropean Championships Barcelona, Spain12thShot put17.72 m2011European Indoor Championships Paris, France2ndPentathlon4706 ptsWorld Championships Daegu, South Korea8thHeptathlon6297 pts2012World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey3rdPentathlon4802 ptsEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland11thShot put16.53 mOlympic Games London, Great Britain3rdHeptathlon6599 pts2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands14thHeptathlon5245 pts2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia9th (q)Shot put17.37 m
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