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 YearEventRaceFinalScoreRank123456789102008Laser Radial31381142164CAN1st422012Laser Radial 2 13 9 10 3 14 11 7 7 6 7th 82 6th2016Laser Radial 38 1 8 8 12 5 12 21 4 11 4th 90 7th
Other notable international results
YearClassCompetitionPosition2023Snipe – WomenClass World Championship 22019 Snipe – WomenClass European Championship 12016Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship5Laser Radial – WomenClass European Championship 42015Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship192014Laser Radial – Women ISAF Sailing World Championships342012Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship12011Laser Radial – Women ISAF Sailing World Championships52010 Laser Radial – WomenClass European Championship 32010Laser Radial – AllLithuanian Championships 12008 Laser Radial – WomenClass World Championship42007 Laser Radial – Women ISAF Sailing World Championships212007Laser Radial – WomenClass European Championship42007Laser Radial – AllLithuanian Championships 12006Laser Radial – WomenClass European Championship 22006Laser Radial – AllLithuanian Championships 12005Laser Radial – WomenClass European Championship72005 Laser Radial – Women Class World Championship202005 Laser Radial – Women Kiel Week 12005Laser Radial – AllLithuanian Championships 12003 Europe – WomenISAF Sailing World Championships601998Laser Radial – AllLithuanian Championships 1
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