Raminta Dvariškytė (born 1 February 1990) is a Lithuanian swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She represented her nation Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has claimed multiple Lithuanian championship titles and two national records in both the breaststroke and medley relay events.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Raminta Dvariškytė |
| National team |  Lithuania |
| Born | 1 February 1990 Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | Vilniaus Vandens Sporto Mokykla (LTU) |
| College team | Southern Methodist University (U.S.) |
Dvariskyte competed for Lithuania in the women's 200 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she fired off her own lifetime best in 2:33.35 to clear an insurmountable FINA B-cut by just 0.07 of a second at the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[2][3] Dvariskyte topped the field in heat one by approximately five seconds ahead of Finland's Noora Laukkanen and Brazil's Tatiane Sakemi in 2:33.32, slicing 0.03 seconds off her lifetime best from the Europeans five months earlier. Dvariskyte failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-fifth overall out of forty-one swimmers in the prelims.[4][5]
At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, Dvariskyte helped out her team to set two Lithuanian records in the preliminary heats of both freestyle and medley relays, clocking at 3:54.97 and 4:12.30, respectively.[6][7]
Dvariškytė is a member of the swimming team, along with her compatriot Mindaugas Sadauskas for the SMU Mustangs, and also a student in real estate and finance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
She is married to Omar Andrés Pinzón García, a Colombian swimmer who represented Colombia in the 2004 and 2008 olympics, they have a son named Lucas Pinzón.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raminta Dvariškytė". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 72. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Eindhoven, Netherlands) – Women's 200m Breaststroke" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Plaukikė R. Dvariškytė 200 m plaukimo krūtine atrankos varžybose užėmė 35-ąją vietą ir nepateko į pusfinalį" [Swimmer Raminta Dvariškytė finished 35th in the 200m breaststroke heats, did not make it to the semifinals] (in Lithuanian). Vakarų ekspresas. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 13 March 2013.