Airinė Palšytė

Airinė Palšytė

Airine Palsyte at the Doha Diamond League in Doha, Qatar, May 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Lithuanian
Born	(1992-07-13) 13 July 1992 (age 24) Kaunas, Lithuania
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Lithuania
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	High jump
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2012: 11th 2016: T13th
Personal best(s)	Outdoor: 1.98 NR Indoor: 2.01 NR
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Lithuania European Championships 2016 Amsterdam High jump European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade High jump Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju High jump 2011 Shenzhen High jump European U23 Championships 2013 Tampere High jump World Junior Championships 2010 Moncton High jump

Airinė Palšytė (born 13 July 1992 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian high jumper. She won gold at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

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).

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 of the European indoor championships. 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.