Eleonora "Leonora" Kaminskaitė (née Ruokienė, 29 January 1951 – 9 February 1986) was a Lithuanian rower who was most successful in the double sculls. In this event she won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics[1] and a silver at the 1978 World Rowing Championships.[2] She graduated from the Lithuanian Sports University in 1972.[3]
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Born | 29 January 1951 Stakliškės, Kaunas County, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 February 1986 (aged 35) Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Žalgiris Kaunas | |||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ Eleonora Kaminskaitė. sports-reference.com
- ^ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Doppelzweier – Damen. sport-komplett.de
- ^ Kaminskaitė Eleonora, Ruokienė. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport