| Rugilė Mileišytė | |
| Full Name: | Rugilė Mileišytė-Binevičienė |
| Birth Date: | 11 May 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Weight: | 64 kg |
| Strokes: | Freestyle |
| Collegeteam: | Washington State University (U.S.) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Rugilė Mileišytė (born 11 May 1988), also known as Rugilė Binevičienė, is a Lithuanian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She is a multiple-time Lithuanian champion and a five-time national record holder for both the freestyle and medley relay events. Mileišytė is a member of the swimming team for the Washington State Cougars, and a graduate of social sciences at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.
Mileisyte qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 26.32 in a time trial from the Seven Hill Trophy in Rome, Italy.[2] [3] She won the sixth heat by 0.28 of a second ahead of Papua New Guinea's Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane in a lifetime best of 26.19 seconds. Mileisyte failed to advance into the semifinals, as she matched her thirty-ninth-place tie with two-time Olympian and South Carolina Gamecocks swimmer Sharntelle McLean of Trinidad and Tobago in the preliminary heats.[4]
At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, Mileisyte helped out her team to set two Lithuanian records in the preliminary heats of both freestyle and medley relays, clocking at 3:54.97 and 4:12.30, respectively.[5] [6]
Mileisyte is married to former swimmer and three-time Olympian Saulius Binevičius. She is currently working as an intern, along with Binevicius, for the swimming team at Plymouth College in England.[7]