Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt (born November 12, 1982) is an Olympic medal-winning dinghy sailor from Lithuania.
Career
Growing up in Kaunas, she frequently went to the
Kaunas Reservoir
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yacht club
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Description
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, where her uncle worked. Growing fond of sailing, she decided at an early age to take up the sport.
Volungevičiūtė competed in the Olympic debut series for the women's single-handed dinghy class, the
Laser Radial
The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Radial is a variant of the Laser standard, ...
, 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.
During a test event for the Olympics China held in 2007, Volungevičiūtė met Brazilian sailor
Robert Scheidt
Robert Scheidt (born April 15, 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final. He is one of the most successful sailors at Olympic Games and one of t ...
, 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. The couple lives in Italy with their two children.
Scheidt was chosen as the
Lithuania flag bearer during the
2016 Summer Olympics.
Olympics results
Other notable international results
References
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Olympic sailors for Lithuania
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Olympic silver medalists for Lithuania
Lithuanian female sailors (sport)
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
1982 births
Living people
Olympic medalists in sailing
Naturalized citizens of Brazil
Naturalised sports competitors
Sportspeople from Kaunas
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Snipe class sailors
Lithuanian Sports University alumni
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy