Lithuanian rower (born 1989)
Donata Karalienė
Personal information Born Donata Vištartaitė (1989-06-11 ) 11 June 1989 (age 36) Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[ 1] Weight 65 kg (143 lb)[ 1] Sport Country Lithuania Sport Rowing
Donata Karalienė (née Vištartaitė rower and Olympic bronze medalist at theRio 2016 Games . She is also known for winning gold medals at the2013 World Rowing Championships , and the2012 and2013 European Rowing Championships .[ 1]
Karalienė, competing under her maiden name Vištartaitė, had a successful junior career, finishing 6th at her first Junior World Championships in 2006, and following that by winning a bronze medal at the2007 World Junior Championships and gold at the 2010 and 2011 Under 23 World Championships.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Karalienė won the women's single sculls at the2012 European Championships , having won bronze the year before.[ 6] [ 7]
Switching to the double sculls, Karalienė teamed up withMilda Valčiukaitė . The pair went unbeaten in their first season, winning the2013 World Championships and the2013 European Championships .[ 2] [ 8] [ 9] 2014 World Championships , but won the silver medal at the2014 and2015 European Championships .[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Karalienė and Valčiukaitė won the bronze medal in the women's double sculls, Lithuania's first women's rowing medal since 2000.[ 13]
Karalienė was originally a track athlete, competing in the middle distance events. When her coach stopped coaching, she continued without support. A rowing coach visited her home town looking for talented athletes with the potential to become rowers. He convinced her to take up rowing. She was very successful, winning the Lithuanian junior championships after only one year of rowing training. Because of this success, she was invited to attend a sports boarding school in Kaunas.[ 2]
Studying inLithuanian Academy of Physical Education .[ 14] Kaunas .[ 1]
^a b c d "Donata Karalien" .International Rowing Federation . Retrieved8 October 2017 .^a b c "Donata KARALIENE" .worldrowing.com . Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "2007 WORLD ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Beijing, CHN – (JW1x) Junior Women's Single Sculls – Final" .worldrowing.com . 11 August 2007. Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "2010 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Brest, BLR – (BW1x) U23 Women's Single Sculls – Final" .worldrowing.com . 25 July 2010. Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "2011 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Amsterdam, NED – (BW1x) U23 Women's Single Sculls – Final" .worldrowing.com . 24 July 2011. Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "2012 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Varese, ITA -(W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final" .worldrowing.com . 16 September 2012. Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Plovdiv, BUL – (W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final" .worldrowing.com . 18 September 2011. Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "2013 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Chungju, KOR – (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final" .worldrowing.com . 1 September 2013. Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "2013 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Seville, ESP – (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final" .worldrowing.com . 2 June 2013. Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "2014 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Amsterdam, NED – (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final" .worldrowing.com . 31 August 2014. Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "2014 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Belgrade, SRB – (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final" .worldrowing.com . 1 June 2014. Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "2015 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Poznan, POL – (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final" .worldrowing.com . 31 May 2015. Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ "The Year that was….. women's double sculls" .worldrowing.com . Retrieved4 April 2018 .^ LTOK žurnalas [permanent dead link
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