Liveta Jasiūnaitė

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.

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.

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

She competed in the javelin throw event at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, reaching the final and placing twelfth overall. She was a bronze medalist at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin. She won the World University Summer Games in 2019 in Naples. 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.

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

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. On 20 June, she threw over 62 metres in Kaunas. Later that month, she retained her Lithuanian national title at the Lithuanian Athletics Championships with a throw of 59.35 metres. 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.

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

Personal life In 2024, she became engaged to fellow athlete Edgaras Benkunskas.

International competitions

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