Airinė Palšytė (born 13 July 1992) is a Lithuanian high jumper. She won the gold medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.
 A.Palšytė at World Championships Moscow 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Born | 13 July 1992 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Education | Vilnius University[1] |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | High jump |
| Club | SC COSMA |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 2012: 10th 2016: T13th |
| Personal bests | |
Medal record | |
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Personal life
editPalšytė was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. Her father Aurimas Palšis was a professional basketball player.[1]
In 1998, Palšytė enrolled at the Simono Stanevičiaus Secondary School in Vilnius. From 2006 to 2010, she studied at Žemyna's gymnasium, also in Vilnius. In 2010, she started studying business information management at Vilnius University, 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
editAt the 2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships, Palšytė finished second and won her first senior national championships medal. At the 2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships, she won her first national gold medal.
Palšytė competed at the Olympic Games in 2012, 2016, and 2021. 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.[2] 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.[3]
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Achievements
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "PALSYTE Airine". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Airine Palsyte IAAF Profile". IAAF. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ Airinė Palšytė at World Athletics
External links
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- Airinė Palšytė at World Athletics
- Airinė Palšytė at Olympedia
- Airinė Palšytė at Olympics.com
- Airinė Palšytė at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (in Lithuanian)