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Rūta Meilutytė

1997 - Today

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Rūta Meilutytė Lithuanian pronunciation: [ruːˈtɐ mʲɛɪ̯ɫʊˈtʲi̇̂ːtʲeː]; (born 19 March 1997) is a Lithuanian swimmer. She is an Olympian gold medalist, the current world record holder in the short course 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke and long course 50 metre breaststroke. She is a former world record holder in the long course 100 metre breaststroke. At the age of 15, Meilutytė, based in Britain at Plymouth College and the associated Plymouth Leander Swimming Club under the guidance of a coaching team led by Jon Rudd, had already broken eleven Lithuanian women's swimming records. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2024). Rūta Meilutytė is the 284th most popular swimmer (down from 244th in 2024), the 252nd most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 241st in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Rūta Meilutytė ranks 284 out of 709. Before her are Milorad Čavić, Igor Polyansky, Tiffany Cohen, Bengt Baron, Mike Bruner, and John Naber. After her are Laure Manaudou, Florent Manaudou, Aliaksandra Herasimenia, Martín López-Zubero, Alain Bernard, and Sharon Wichman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Rūta Meilutytė ranks 190. Before her are Karol Świderski, Rey Manaj, Sturla Holm Lægreid, Louis Hofmann, Suzuka Nakamoto, and Kira Kosarin. After her are S1mple, Taisei Isoe, Benjamin Whittaker, Madelyn Cline, Zhao Xintong, and Kathryn Newton.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Rūta Meilutytė ranks 252 out of 328. Before her are Dainius Adomaitis (1974), Austra Skujytė (1979), Gintaras Einikis (1969), Deividas Šemberas (1978), Linas Kleiza (1985), and Andrius Pojavis (1983). After her are Rasa Polikevičiūtė (1970), Ramūnas Karbauskis (1969), Darius Songaila (1978), Sasha Song (1983), Jonas Mačiulis (1985), and Remigijus Šimašius (1974).

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Among SWIMMERS In Lithuania

Among swimmers born in Lithuania, Rūta Meilutytė ranks 1. After her are Danas Rapšys (1995), Giedrius Titenis (1989), Simonas Bilis (1993), Kotryna Teterevkova (2002), and Deividas Margevičius (1995).

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