Giedrė Rakauskaitė

Giedre Rakauskaite
MBE
Personal information
Birth nameGiedrė Rakauskaitė
Born (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991
Kaunas, Lithuania
Home townWorcester, Worcestershire, England
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportPara-rowing
Disability classPR3
Medal record
Para-rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
2020 Tokyo PR3 mixed coxed four
2024 Paris PR3 mixed coxed four
World Championships
2017 Sarasota PR3 mixed coxed four
2019 Ottensheim PR3 mixed coxed four
2022 Račice PR3 coxless pair
2022 Račice PR3 mixed coxed four
2023 Belgrade PR3 mixed coxed four
European Championships
2021 Varese PR3 mixed coxed four
2022 Oberschleißheim PR3 mixed coxed four
2023 Bled PR3 mixed coxed four
2024 Szeged PR3 mixed coxed four

Giedrė Rakauskaitė (born 13 June 1991 in Kaunas) is a British Paralympic rower who is a quadruple World champion in the mixed coxed four.[1][2][3]

She won a gold medal in the mixed cox four at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[4]

Rakauskaitė was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to rowing.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Giedre Rakauskaite - Profile". British Rowing. 24 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Two golds for GB at World Rowing Championships". ParalympicsGB. 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Worcester rower Giedre Rakauskaite who feared she may lose her leg is picked for Great Britain world championships team". Worcester News. 12 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Paralympics: GB win PR3 mixed coxed four rowing gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N23.
  6. ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.


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