Airinė Palšytė
Airinė Palšytė (born 13 July 1992 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian high jumper. She won gold medal at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
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Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kaunas, Lithuania | 13 July 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Vilnius University[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 2012: 11th 2016: T13th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
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).
Athletic career
At the 2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships, Palšytė finished second and won her first seniors national championships medal. At the 2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships, she won her first national gold medal.
Her personal best is 2.01 metres, achieved on Saturday, March 4, 2017, winning the gold medal at the European indoor championships.[2] It is also new national high jump record and new 2017 indoor World Lead. Her personal best outdoors jump is 1.98 metres, achieved both in July and repeated in August 2014 in Kaunas and Eberstadt.[3]
Achievements
References
- 2017 Universiade bio
- "Airine Palsyte IAAF Profile". IAAF. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- Airinė Palšytė at World Athletics