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.
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, 2021, and 2024. 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. 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.
Achievements Representing 2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland19th (q)1.74 m2009World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy4th1.82 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar16th (q)1.85 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada2nd1.89 m2011UniversiadeShenzhen, China2nd1.96 mEuropean Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France19th (q)1.85 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey9th (q)1.92 mEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland9th1.89 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom10th1.89 m2013European U23 ChampionshipTampere, Finland2nd1.92 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia11th1.89 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland10th (q)1.92 mEuropean ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland13th1.90 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic4th1.94 mUniversiadeGwangju, South Korea1st1.84 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China14th (q)1.89 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States4th1.96 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands2nd1.96 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil13th1.88 m2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1st2.01 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom7th1.92 mUniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan 3rd1.91 m2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany4th1.96 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom 3rd1.97 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar22nd (q)1.85 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan28th (q)1.86 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary20th (q)1.85 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy13th (q)1.89 mOlympic GamesParis, France15th (q)1.88 m
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