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

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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

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, during the

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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, 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

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Olympics results

Other notable international results

References

External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheidt, Gintare 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