Gintarė Scheidt

Gintarė Scheidt

Personal information
Born	November 12, 1982 Kaunas
Height	1.71 m
Weight	64 kg
Sport
Country	Lithuania
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	Silver, 2008
Medal record Competitor for Lithuania Women's Sailing Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing Women's Laser Radial class
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.

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

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

2008 Olympics results

Event	Race										Final	Score	Rank
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Laser Radial	3	13	8	1	1	4	21	6	4	cancelled	1st	42

Other notable international results

Year	Class	Competition	Position
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

External links

• "Gintare Volengeviciute, Sailor biography". ISAF. http://www.sailing.org/biog.php?memberid=40057.