Beatričė Juškevičiūtė
Lithuanian heptathlete
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Beatrice Juškevičiūtė (born 10 January 2000) is a Lithuanian athlete competing in the combined events. Juškevičiūtė competed at the heptathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and in the pentathlon at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships. In 2023, she became an NCAA silver medalist.
Vanderbilt University ’23 MA Medicine, Health, and Society
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 January 2000 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Home town | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Education | Cornell University ’22 BS Biology (Human Ecology) Vanderbilt University ’23 MA Medicine, Health, and Society |
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Sport | Athletics |
Events | Heptathlon, Pentathlon |
| Coached by | Justin Byron, Althea Thomas |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Heptathlon: 6323 (2026) |
Early career
Beatričė Juškevičiūtė won her first national title at the 2020 Lithuanian Athletics Championships, in the heptathlon in August 2020, winning with a tally of 5687 points in Palanga.[1] She won the 100 metres hurdles at the 2021 Lithuanian Athletics Championships in a time of 14.01 seconds, at the same venue.[2]
NCAA career
Beatrice Juskeviciute competed for Vanderbilt University. Juskeviciute is a 7-time All-American, a silver medal at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas, finishing with 6177 points foe the runner-up spot behind Estonian Pippi Lotta Enok.[3][4] Juskeviciute won 5 Ivy League championship titles and the 2023 SEC Heptathlon Championship. [5] The following month, Juskeviciute won the Lithuanian heptathlon title by more than 1,000 points, totalling 5,905 points which included a 13.33 seconds personal best for the 100 metres hurdles.[6]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Austin, Texas | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6117 points |
| SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 1st | Heptathlon | 6079 points | |
| NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 6th | Pentathlon | 4282 points | |
| SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 2nd | Pentathlon | 4271 points |
Professional career
In May 2024, Juškevičiūtė broke Lithuanian national record in the 100 m hurdles race (12.87 s), becoming the first Lithuanian athlete to finish this race in less than 13 seconds.[10] She placed thirteenth overall in the heptathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.[11] In June 2024, she won the Lithuanian national title in the 100 metres hurdles in 12.95 seconds.[12] At the same championships two days later she also won the heptathlon national title.[13]
She finished eighth overall in the pentathlon at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in March 2025.[14]
She scored 6295 points for a lifetime best performance in the heptathlon at the 65th Mt. SAC Relays, California, in April 2025.[15] She finished fourth at Décastar in July 2025.[16] In April 2026, she set a new heptathlon personal best of 6323 points at Mt. Sac Relays.[17]
Beatrice Juskeviciute has worked at Vanderbilt University Medical Center since 2024.
