Raminta Dvariškytė

Raminta Dvariškytė
Personal information
National team  Lithuania
Born (1990-02-01) 1 February 1990
Vilnius, Lithuania
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Vilniaus Vandens Sporto
Mokykla (LTU)
College team Southern Methodist University (U.S.)

Raminta Dvariškytė (born February 1, 1990) is a Lithuanian swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She is a multiple Lithuanian champion, and a two-time national record holder in both the breaststroke and medley relay events.

Dvariskyte qualified for the women's 200 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:33.35 from the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[2][3] She won the first heat by approximately five seconds ahead of Finland's Noora Laukkanen and Brazil's Tatiane Sakemi in her personal best of 2:33.32, just 0.03 of a second faster than her entry time. Dvariskyte failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-fifth out of 41 swimmers in the preliminary heats.[4]

At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, Dvariskyte 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]

Dvariškytė is a member of the swimming team, along with her compatriot Mindaugas Sadauskas for the SMU Mustangs, and also a student in real estate and finance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

References

  1. ↑ "Raminta Dvariškytė". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Breaststroke" Check |url= value (help) (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 72. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Eindhoven, Netherlands) – Women's 200m Breaststroke" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Wpmen's 4×100m Medley Relay" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

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