Gintarė Scheidt

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Gintarė Scheidt
Personal information
Born November 12, 1982[1]
Kaunas
Height 1.71 m[1]
Weight 64 kg[1]
Sport
Country Lithuania
Achievements and titles
World finals Gold, 2012
Olympic finals Silver, 2008
Updated on 2008.

Gintarė Scheidt (born Gintarė Volungevičiūtė on November 12, 1982) is an Olympic medal-winning dinghy sailor from Lithuania.

Volungevičiūtė competed in the Olympic debut series for the women's single-handed dinghy class, the Laser Radial, in 2008.

She 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.[2]

She was the only sailor in the Lithuanian 2008 Olympic team.

She married Robert Scheidt in October 2008 and took his surname.

Olympics results

Year Event Race Final Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2008 Laser Radial 3 13 8 1 1 4 21 6 4 CAN 1st 42
2012 Laser Radial 2 13 9 10 3 14 11 7 7 6 7th 82 6th

Other notable international results

[3]

Year Class Competition Position
2012 Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship 1
2011 Laser Radial – Women ISAF Sailing World Championships 5
2010 Laser Radial – Women Class European Championship 3
2010 Laser Radial - All Lithuanian Championships 1
2008 Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship 4
2007 Laser Radial – Women ISAF Sailing World Championships 21
2007 Laser Radial – Women Class European Championship 4
2007 Laser Radial - All Lithuanian Championships 1
2006 Laser Radial – Women Class European Championship 2
2006 Laser Radial - All Lithuanian Championships 1
2005 Laser Radial – Women Class European Championship 7
2005 Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship 20
2005 Laser Radial – Women Kiel Week 1
2005 Laser Radial - All Lithuanian Championships 1
2003 Europe – Women ISAF Sailing World Championships 60
1998 Laser Radial - All Lithuanian Championships 1

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gintare Volungeviciute, Lithuania, Olympics 2008". Yahoo! Eurosport UK. Retrieved 2008-08-19. 
  2. "Laser Radial - Women - Overall Results". Beijing Olympics 2008. ISAF. Retrieved 2008-08-19. 
  3. "Gintare Volengeviciute, Sailor biography". ISAF. Retrieved 2008. 

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