Raminta Dvariškytė

Who is Raminta Dvariškytė?

Raminta Dvariškytė is a Lithuanian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She is a multiple Lithuanian champion, and a two-time national record holder in both the breaststroke and medley relay events.

Dvariskyte qualified for the women's 200 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:33.35 from the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. She won the first heat by approximately five seconds ahead of Finland's Noora Laukkanen and Brazil's Tatiane Sakemi in her personal best of 2:33.32, just 0.03 of a second faster than her entry time. Dvariskyte failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-fifth out of 41 swimmers in the preliminary heats.

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.

Dvariškytė is a member of the swimming team, along with her compatriot Mindaugas Sadauskas for SMU Mustangs, and also a student in real estate and finance at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.