Gintarė Scheidt Explained

Gintarė Scheidt
Full Name:Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt
Nationality:Lithuanian
Birth Date:12 November 1982[1]
Birth Place:Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.71 m
Weight:64 kg
Classes:Laser Radial, Snipe
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Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt (born 12 November 1982) is an Olympic medal-winning dinghy sailor from Lithuania.

Career

Growing up in Kaunas, she frequently went to the Kaunas Reservoir yacht club, where her uncle worked. Growing fond of sailing, she decided at an early age to take up the sport.[2] Volungevičiūtė competed in the Olympic debut series for the women's single-handed dinghy class, the Laser Radial, during the 2008 Summer Olympics in China. She was the only sailor in the Lithuanian 2008 Olympic team. Volungevičiūtė won the 4th and 5th fleet races in the Olympic Laser Radial series, as well as the medal race, the last (10th), winning the silver medal.[3]

During a test event for the Olympics China held in 2007, Volungevičiūtė met Brazilian sailor Robert Scheidt, a two-time Laser gold medalist - who would also win a medal in 2008, in the Star class. The two started dating, and married in October 2008, with Gintarė taking his surname.[4] The couple lives in Italy with their two children.[5]

Scheidt was chosen as the Lithuania flag bearer during the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]

Olympics results

YearEventRaceFinalScoreRank
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2008Laser Radial31381142164CAN1st42
2012Laser Radial213910314117767th826th
2016Laser Radial3818812512214114th907th

Other notable international results

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YearClassCompetitionPosition
2023Snipe – WomenClass World Championship2
2019 Snipe – WomenClass European Championship1
2016Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship5
Laser Radial – WomenClass European Championship4
2015Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship19
2014Laser Radial – Women ISAF Sailing World Championships34
2012Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship1
2011Laser Radial – Women ISAF Sailing World Championships5
2010 Laser Radial – WomenClass European Championship3
2010Laser Radial - AllLithuanian Championships1
2008 Laser Radial – WomenClass World Championship4
2007 Laser Radial – Women ISAF Sailing World Championships21
2007Laser Radial – WomenClass European Championship4
2007Laser Radial - AllLithuanian Championships1
2006Laser Radial – WomenClass European Championship2
2006Laser Radial - AllLithuanian Championships1
2005Laser Radial – WomenClass European Championship7
2005 Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship20
2005 Laser Radial – Women Kiel Week1
2005Laser Radial - AllLithuanian Championships1
2003 Europe – WomenISAF Sailing World Championships60
1998Laser Radial - AllLithuanian Championships1

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gintare Volungeviciute, Lithuania, Olympics 2008 . Yahoo! Eurosport UK . 2008-08-19 . 2008-08-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080825073042/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/olympics/athletes/gintare-volungeviciute.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Ko nepasakė Gintarė Volungevičiūtė . delfi.lt . lt.
  3. Web site: Laser Radial - Women - Overall Results . Beijing Olympics 2008 . 2008-08-19 . . 2008-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080903221940/http://www.sailing.org/olympics/resultscentre.php . dead .
  4. Web site: ROBERT SCHEIDT E SUA BELA GINTARE EM BODA BUCÓLICA . caras.uol.com.br . pt.
  5. Web site: Robert Scheidt inicia luta pelo 12º título mundial na classe Laser . sailbrasil.com.br . pt . 2016-08-08 . 2016-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160919185111/http://www.sailbrasil.com.br/index.php?pg=jornal&p=6053 . dead .
  6. Web site: Lietuvos vėliavą Rio olimpiados atidaryme neš buriuotoja . lrytas.lt . lt . 5 August 2016 . 5 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160805075332/http://sportas.lrytas.lt/startai/lietuvos-veliava-rio-olimpiados-atidaryme-nes-buriuotoja.htm . dead .
  7. Web site: Gintare Volengeviciute, Sailor biography . 2008-08-19 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080802123513/http://www.sailing.org/biog.php?memberid=40057 . 2008-08-02.