Liveta Jasiūnaitė
Lithuanian javelin thrower (born 1994)
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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]
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| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
Personal bests
Outdoor
| Event | Record | Venue | Date |
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| Javelin throw | 63.98 (NR) | Ogre, Latvia | 15 June 2019 |
