Austra is pictured above during the Shot Put discipline of the Heptathlon at the 2002
European Championships in Munich. She finished in fourth position with a total of 6275 points,
66 points behind the bronze medal winner Natalya Sazanovich.
Two years later Skujyte produced a fine performance to win the silver medal at
the 2004 Olympic Games in Helsinki.
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Women's Heptathlon
2001 World Athletics Championships
|
| 1. Yelena PROKHOROVA |
|
RUS |
|
6694pts |
| 2. Natalya SAZANOVICH |
|
BEL |
|
6539pts |
| 3. Sheila BURRELL |
|
USA |
|
6472pts |
| 4. Natalya ROSHCHUPKINA |
|
RUS |
|
6294pts |
| 5. Karin ERTL |
|
GER |
|
6283pts |
| 6. Austra SKUJYTE |
|
LTU |
|
6112pts |
| 7. Le Shundra NATHAN |
|
USA |
|
6073pts |
| 8. Irina BELOVA |
|
RUS |
|
6061pts |
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Women's Heptathlon
2002 European Athletics Championships
|
| 1 Carolina Kluft |
|
Swe |
|
6542pts |
| 2 Sabine Braun |
|
Ger |
|
6434pts |
| 3 Natalya Sazanovich |
|
Bel |
|
6341pts |
| 4 Austra Skujyte |
|
Lit |
|
6275pts |
| 5 Svetlana Sokolova |
|
Rus |
|
6150pts |
| 6 Kathleen Gutjahr |
|
Ger |
|
6106pts |
|
|
|
Womens Heptathlon Final
2004 Olympic Games
|
| 1. Carolina Kluft |
|
SWE |
|
6952pts |
| 2. Austra Skujyte |
|
LIT |
|
6435pts |
| 3. Kelly Sotherton |
|
GBR |
|
6424pts |
| 4. Shelia Burrell |
|
USA |
|
6296pts |
| 5. Yelena Prokhorova |
|
RUS |
|
6289pts |
| 6. Sonja Kesselschlaeger |
|
GER |
|
6287pts |
| 7. Marie Collonville |
|
FRA |
|
6279pts |
| 8. Natalya Dobrynska |
|
UKR |
|
6255pts |
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