Gintarė Scheidt

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

Gintarė Scheidt
Personal information
Full nameGintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt
NationalityLithuanian
Born (1982-11-12) November 12, 1982[1]
Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight64 kg (141 lb)[1]
Sailing career
Class(es)Laser Radial, Snipe
Medal record
Women's Sailing
Representing LithuaniaLithuania
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingLaser Radial
Women's World Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 BoltenhagenLaser Radial
Silver medal – second place2023 ValenciaSnipe
Women's European Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 Riccone Laser Radial
Bronze medal – third place2010 Tallinn Laser Radial
Gold medal – first place2019 Antwerp Snipe

Career

Growing up in Kaunas, she frequently went to the Kaunas Reservoir yacht club, where her uncle worked. Growing fond of sailing, she decided at an early age to take up the sport.[2]

Volungevičiūtė competed in the Olympic debut series for the women's single-handed dinghy class, the Laser Radial, 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.[3]

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.[4] The couple lives in Italy with their two children.[5]

Scheidt was chosen as the Lithuania flag bearer during the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]

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 2
2012 Laser Radial 2 13 9 10 3 14 11 7 7 6 7th 82 6th
2016 Laser Radial 38 1 8 8 12 5 12 21 4 11 4th 90 7th

Other notable international results

[7]

Year Class Competition Position
2023 Snipe – Women Class World Championship 2
2019 Snipe – Women Class European Championship 1
2016 Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship 5
Laser Radial – Women Class European Championship 4
2015 Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship 19
2014 Laser Radial – Women ISAF Sailing World Championships 34
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. "Gintare Volungeviciute, Lithuania, Olympics 2008". Yahoo! Eurosport UK. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  2. "Ko nepasakė Gintarė Volungevičiūtė". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian).
  3. "Laser Radial - Women - Overall Results". Beijing Olympics 2008. ISAF. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  4. "ROBERT SCHEIDT E SUA BELA GINTARE EM BODA BUCÓLICA". caras.uol.com.br (in Portuguese).
  5. "Robert Scheidt inicia luta pelo 12º título mundial na classe Laser". sailbrasil.com.br (in Portuguese).
  6. "Lietuvos vėliavą Rio olimpiados atidaryme neš buriuotoja". lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  7. "Gintare Volengeviciute, Sailor biography". ISAF. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
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