Austra Skujytė
Austra Skujytė 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 progression#Women|decathlon world record], with a score of 8358. She is the Athletics at the [2004 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|2004 Olympic silver medalist] and Athletics at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|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 Heptathlon#Women's [world records compared to heptathlon bests|World Heptathlon Best] in the Shot Put at. She is an eight time national champion in the Shot Put. She has also won Lithuanian [Athletics Championships|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.