Airinė Palšytė
A.Palšytė at World Championships Moscow 2013
Personal information
NationalityLithuanian
Born (1992-07-13) 13 July 1992
Kaunas, Lithuania
EducationVilnius University[1]
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Lithuania
SportTrack and field
EventHigh jump
ClubSC COSMA
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2012: 10th
2016: T13th
Personal bests
  • Outdoor: 1.98 m NR
  • Indoor: 2.01 m NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Lithuania
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 AmsterdamHigh jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 BelgradeHigh jump
Bronze medal – third place2019 GlasgowHigh jump
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2015 GwangjuHigh jump
Silver medal – second place2011 ShenzhenHigh jump
Bronze medal – third place2017 TaipeiHigh jump
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 TampereHigh jump
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 MonctonHigh jump
Airinė Palšytė

Airinė Palšytė (born 13 July 1992) is a Lithuanian high jumper. She won the gold medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.

Personal life

Palšytė 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

At 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]

2017 European Indoor Championships podium (R.Beitia, A.Palšytė, Y. Levchenko)

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Lithuania
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 19th (q) 1.74 m
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 4th 1.82 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 16th (q) 1.85 m
World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 2nd 1.89 m
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 2nd 1.96 m
European Indoor Championships Paris, France 19th (q) 1.85 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 9th (q) 1.92 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 9th 1.89 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 10th 1.89 m
2013 European U23 Championship Tampere, Finland 2nd 1.92 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 11th 1.89 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 10th (q) 1.92 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 13th 1.90 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 4th 1.94 m
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 1st 1.84 m
World Championships Beijing, China 14th (q) 1.89 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 4th 1.96 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 2nd 1.96 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13th 1.88 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st 2.01 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 7th 1.92 m
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 3rd 1.91 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 4th 1.96 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 3rd 1.97 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 22nd (q) 1.85 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 28th (q) 1.86 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 20th (q) 1.85 m

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ "Airine Palsyte IAAF Profile". IAAF. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Airinė Palšytė at World Athletics
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