Liveta Jasiūnaitė

Liveta Jasiūnaitė
Personal information
NationalityLithuanian
Born (1994-07-26) 26 July 1994
Sport
Country Lithuania
SportTrack and field
EventJavelin throw
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Lithuania
European Championships
2018 Berlin Javelin throw

Liveta Jasiūnaitė (born 26 July 1994) is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the javelin throw. She was a bronze medalist at the 2018 European Athletics Championships. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. Jasiūnaite holds the Lithuanian record in javelin throw.[1]

Career

She attended Lithuanian Sports University (LSU). She had a long-time partnership with coach Terese Nekrošaite, before Jasiūnaitė went to the United States, where she was coached in Alabama by Lithuanian-American Tomas Paukštys. Later, she returned to Lithuania and found herself working with LSU Sports Center coach Indre Jokubaitytė.[2]

In 2011, she won the silver medal at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Turkey.[3] In 2012, she finished eighth at the World U20 Championship in Barcelona.[4] In 2015, she won the bronze medal at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[5]

She competed in the javelin throw event at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, reaching the final and placing twelfth overall.[6] She was a bronze medalist at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin.[7] She won the World University Summer Games in 2019 in Naples.[8] She finished in seventh place at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan, in 2021, with a best throw of 60.06 metres.[9]

She finished sixth at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich with a best throw of 58.95 metres.[10] She won the Lithuanian Athletics Championships in 2023 with a best throw of 55.26 metres.[11] She completed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, without reaching the final.[12]

In June 2024, she competed in the javelin throw at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, managing a distance of 53.85 metres without proceeding to the final.[13] On 20 June, she threw over 62 metres in Kaunas.[14] Later that month, she retained her Lithuanian national title at the Lithuanian Athletics Championships with a throw of 59.35 metres.[15] She competed in the javelin at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France in August 2024, throwing 58.35 metres, and did not progress to the final.[16]

She finished in eighth place at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League with a best throw of 58.33 metres in April 2025.[17]

Personal life

In 2024, she became engaged to fellow athlete Edgaras Benkunskas.[18]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Lithuania
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 16th (q) Javelin throw 46.32 m
European Youth Olympic Festival Trabzon, Turkey 2nd Javelin throw 52.00 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th Javelin throw 53.00 m
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 9th Javelin throw 51.27 m
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 3rd Javelin throw 55.77 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 12th Javelin throw 53.94 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 26th (q) Javelin throw 55.80 m
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 7th Javelin throw 57.25 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd Javelin throw 61.59 m
2019 Universiade Naples, Italy 1st Javelin throw 60.36 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 23rd (q) Javelin throw 56.90 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 7th Javelin throw 60.06 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 10th Javelin throw 58.97 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 6th Javelin throw 58.95 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 14th (q) Javelin throw 59.00 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 17th (q) Javelin throw 55.85 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 25th (q) Javelin throw 58.35 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event Record Venue Date
Javelin throw 63.98 (NR) Ogre, Latvia 15 June 2019

References

  1. ^ "Liveta Jasiunaite". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. ^ "L.Jasiūnaitė, who is waiting for the Olympic start: "The preparation cycle was quite strange"". Sportas.lt. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Trabzon 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival". ltok.lt. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  4. ^ "IAAF World Junior Championships". World Athletics. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Tallinn European U23 Championships". World Athletics. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  6. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 6 July 2016.
  7. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Universiade Napoli". World Athletics. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  9. ^ "The XXXII Olympic Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  10. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Lithuanian Championships". World Athletics. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  12. ^ "World Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  13. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Javelin thrower L. Jasiūnaitė recorded the best Lithuanian result of the season in Kaunas". alfa.lt. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Lithuanian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  16. ^ "Women's Javelin Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  17. ^ "wanda diamond league". World Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  18. ^ "Track and field athletes L.Jasiūnaitė and E.Benkunskas get engaged: courtship in a romantic video". zmones.15mins.lt. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
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