Živilė Rezgytė (born September 9, 1978) is a Lithuanian-American business executive and former rhythmic gymnast. During her professional

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career in the late 1990s, Rezgytė competed at the

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, the

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, and the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix. After immigrating to the United States in the early 2000s, she began working in the real estate industry as a business executive. She married

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, son of former New York City Mayor

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, in 2017.

Biography

Rezgytė was born and raised in Klaipėda, Lithuania. She trained as a

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and, in 1996, competed in the

in both the individual and team categories. The next year, she competed in the

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, representing Lithuania in the individual category. She also competed in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix. She immigrated to the United States, taking up residency in New York City, in the early 2000s. She later became an American citizen. On September 25, 2014, Rezgytė met

while attending a

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game at

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. They were married on July 14, 2017 in a Catholic ceremony celebrated by Monsignor

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Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village.

References

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