Gintarė Scheidt

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title: "Gintarė Scheidt" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["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"] description: "Lithuanian sailor (born 1982)" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gintarė_Scheidt" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Lithuanian sailor (born 1982) ::

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Field	Value
name	Gintarė Scheidt
image	Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt.jpg
full_name	Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt
nationality	Lithuanian
birth_date
birth_place	Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
height	1.71 m
weight	64 kg
classes	Laser Radial, Snipe
show-medals	yes
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| name = Gintarė Scheidt | image = Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt.jpg | caption = | full_name = Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt | nickname = | nationality = Lithuanian | birth_date = | birth_place = Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | height = 1.71 m | weight = 64 kg | retired = | classes = Laser Radial, Snipe | club = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates =

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 Kaunas Reservoir yacht club, 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 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.

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 2016 Summer Olympics.

Olympics results

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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	[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg	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
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Other notable international results

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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
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References

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References

1. "Gintare Volungeviciute, Lithuania, Olympics 2008". Yahoo! Eurosport UK.
2. "Ko nepasakė Gintarė Volungevičiūtė".
3. "Laser Radial – Women – Overall Results". [[International Sailing Federation.
4. (4 November 2008). "ROBERT SCHEIDT E SUA BELA GINTARE EM BODA BUCÓLICA".
5. "Robert Scheidt inicia luta pelo 12º título mundial na classe Laser".
6. "Lietuvos vėliavą Rio olimpiados atidaryme neš buriuotoja".
7. "Gintare Volengeviciute, Sailor biography". [[International Sailing Federation.
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