Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Kaunas, LTU |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Kaunas Swimming School: Lithuania |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Physiotherapy - Lithuanian University of Health Sciences: Kaunas, LTU |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Cooking, spending time with friends, wakeboarding, watching movies. (Athlete, 20 Oct 2020) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning gold in the 50m breaststroke at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (SportsDeskOnline, 19 May 2021; Athlete, 20 Oct 2020) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
She tried figure skating, tennis and basketball before switching to swimming. "I like swimming because of victories, races, adrenaline." |
General Interest |
Most influential person in career |
Her family and coach Giedrius Martinionis. (Athlete, 07 Apr 2019) |
Hero / Idol |
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Lithuanian swimmers Ruta Meilutyte and Danas Rapsys. (Athlete, 07 Apr 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Giedrius Martinionis [personal], LTU, from 2011 |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up swimming in 2009 at age nine in Kaunas, Lithuania. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Student |
Languages |
English, Lithuanian |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Be the best I can." (Athlete, 20 Oct 2020) |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Partner Paulius Martinkenas |
General Interest |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2021 World University Games in Chengdu, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 03 Feb 2022) |
