Rugilė Miklyčiūtė
Lithuanian athlete
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Rugilė Miklyčiūtė (born 4 May 2005) is a Lithuanian pole vaulter. She is the national record holder at the event.[1]
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| Nationality | Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 2005 Kaunas, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Pole Vault | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Pole vault: 4.57m (2026) NR | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
She was educated at Kaunas Sports School "Startas" in Kaunas. sports school "Startas" R. Miklyčiūtė and trains in pole vault under coach Rita Sadzevičienė.[2] At the 2020 Lithuanian Athletics Championships, she became the Lithuanian national champion for the first time at the age of 15 years-old.[3]
In 2022, Miklyčiūtė became the first Lithuanian woman to clear 4 m. She set a new Lithuanian national record (4.10 m) at the 2022 Lithuanian Athletics Championships.[4] She competed in the qualifying round of the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel with a jump of 3.70 m but did not progress to the final, placing fourteenth overall.[5][6]
In 2023, at the age of 18 years-old, she competed the European U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, and improved the Lithuanian record (4.15 m) to win the silver medal.[7]
In 2024, she improved the national record twice in nine days, jumping 4.20 metres and the Baltic Youth Championships held in Valmiera and later improved it to 4.26 metres.[8][9] She competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[10]
On 25 June 2025, in Madrid, at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division competition, she improved her own Lithuanian pole vault record with 4.30 m.[11][12] She improved it again the following month at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway to 4.35 metres, winning the silver medal.[13]
In January 2026, she improved her national record as she cleared 4.40m at the Riga Indoor Cup.[14] Having cleared a new national record of 4.57 metres in Finland in June 2026, in August, she was a finalist competing at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England.[15][16]