Dovilė Kilty
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| Born | 14 July 1993 Šiauliai, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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Dovilė Kilty (née Dzindzaletaitė; born 14 July 1993) is a Lithuanian track and field athlete who competes primarily as a triple jumper. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games. She finished in fourth place at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships and was a silver medalist at the 2012 World Junior Championships.
Career
She represented Lithuania in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. She won the silver medal at the 2012 World Athletics Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain. In 2015 she won the gold medal at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Tampere, Finland. She went on to represent her country in Beijing at the 2015 World Athletics Championships and in London, England, at the 2017 World Athletics Championships.[1]
At the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, she finished in sixth place in the final of the triple jump with a best jump of 13.92 metres.[2]
She competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics, jumping 13.65 metres but did not qualify for the final.[3]
She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, finishing fourth in the final with a best jump of 13.80 metres.[4]
Personal life
Kilty was born in Šiauliai, as Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė. She has been married to British sprinter Richard Kilty since 2017, whom she met in London during the IAAF Diamond League meeting. Together they have a son, Richard Jr. Due to her pregnancy, Kilty had to miss the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[1][5]
International competitions
National competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2010 | Lithuanian Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 3rd | Triple jump | 12.80 m |
| 2011 | Lithuanian Athletics Federation Cup | Kaunas, Lithuania | 1st | Triple jump | 13.35 m |
| 2012 | Lithuanian Indoor Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 1st | Triple jump | 13.60 m |
| 2013 | Lithuanian Indoor Championships | Šiauliai, Lithuania | 1st | Triple jump | 13.40 m |
| Lithuanian Athletics Federation Cup | Kaunas, Lithuania | 1st | Triple jump | 13.72 m | |
| Lithuanian Championships | Šiauliai, Lithuania | 1st | Triple jump | 13.52 m |
References
- ^ a b "Praleis olimpines žaidynes: perspektyvioji D. Dzindzaletaitė laukiasi pirmagimio" (in Lithuanian). 19 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Women's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Women's Triple Jump Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ Cain, James (3 October 2017). "Teesside Tornado marries his leaping Lithuanian sweetheart". Gazette Live. Retrieved 20 May 2018.