Kamilė Kralikaitė
{{Short description|Lithuanian rower (born 2001)}}
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Kamilė Kralikaitė (born 29 June 2001) is a Lithuanian rower. She was a finalist in the coxless pair at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She previously won the gold medal at the 2023 World Rowing U23 Championships, also in the women’s coxless pair.
Early and personal life
She is from the central Lithuanian city of Kaisiadorys, but attended Syracuse University in the United States, graduating with a B.A. in International Relations in 2024.{{cite news |last1=Boccacino |first1=John |title=Alumna Kamile Kralikaite ’24 Embracing ‘Dream Come True’ at Summer Olympics |url=https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/alumna-kamile-kralikaite-24-embracing-dream-come-true-at-summer-olympics |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=Syracuse University News |publisher=Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs |date=July 30, 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://cnycentral.com/amp/sports/orange-zone/former-su-rower-goes-for-gold-in-paris-with-lithuania|website=cnycentral.com|accessdate=31 July 2024|title= Former SU rower goes for gold in Paris with Lithuania|first=Ashley|last=Wenskoski
|date= July 24, 2024}} At Syracuse, she was 2024 All-American, three-time All-ACC First Team selection and two-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree.{{cite news |last1=Nussbaum |first1=Noah |title=Kamile Kralikaite, Emmie Frederico earn CRCA All-American honors |url=https://dailyorange.com/2024/06/syracuse-womens-rowing-crca-all-american-kamile-kralikaite-emmie-frederico/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Daily Orange |date=7 June 2024}} She was a member of the Syracuse Orange women's rowing team that won their first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference Rowing Championship in 2024.{{cite news |title=Syracuse Wins 2024 ACC Rowing Championship |url=https://theacc.com/news/2024/5/18/womens-rowing-syracuse-wins-2024-acc-rowing-championship.aspx |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=theacc.com |date=18 May 2024 |language=en}}
Career
She was a silver medalist at the 2022 World Rowing U23 Championships in Varese, Italy in the coxless pair alongside Martyna Kazlauskaite.{{cite web|url= https://www.row2k.com/olympics/features/2024/5982/row2k-starting-five-lithuanias-kamile-kralikaite/|website=row2k|accessdate=31 July 2024|title= row2k Starting Five: Lithuania's Kamile Kralikaite |date=June 26, 2024}} Alongside Kazlauskaite, she won the gold medal at the 2023 World Rowing U23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Competimg alongside Ieva Adomaviciute, she finished in tenth place in the coxless pair at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
She qualified for her Olympic debut at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, in the women's coxless pair alongside Ieva Adomavičiūtė.{{cite web|title=Olimpiadoje debiutavusios K.Kralikaitė ir I.Adomavičiūtė: "Pirmam startui pavyko taip, kaip norėjome"|date=28 July 2024|accessdate=31 July 2024|url= https://www.sportas.lt/m/naujiena/503501/olimpiadoje-debiutavusios-k-kralikaite-ir-i-adomaviciute-pirmam-startui-pavyko-taip-kaip-norejome
}} They proceeded to move through the preliminary heats to qualify their boat for the final, after finishing third in their semi-final behind the Australian and American crews following a mini-battle for third place with the Chilean boat they triumphed with a time of 7:19.27.{{cite web|url= https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/sportas/kamile-kralikaite-ir-ieva-adomaviciute-uztikrintai-pateko-i-finala-broliai-stankunai-varzysis-del-7-12-vietu-n1355042|website=tv3|accessdate=31 July 2024|title= Kamilė Kralikaitė ir Ieva Adomavičiūtė užtikrintai pateko į finalą, broliai Stankūnai varžysis dėl 7-12 vietų|date=31 July 2024}}{{cite web|title=Rowers Ieva Adomavičiūtė and Kamilė Kralikaitė are in the finals of the games and will continue the fight for medals|website=delfi|url=https://www.delfi.lt/sportas/paris-2024/irkluotojos-ieva-adomaviciute-ir-kamile-kralikaite-zaidyniu-finale-ir-tes-kova-del-medaliu-120040026|accessdate=31 July 2024|date=31 July 2024}}{{cite news |title=Kralikaite Makes History at 2024 Paris Olympics |url=https://cuse.com/news/2024/8/2/womens-rowing-kralikaite-makes-history-at-2024-paris-olympics |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=Syracuse University Athletics |language=en}} In the final, they finished in fifth place, the highest ever finish in the event in foe a Lithuanian pair. They covered the course in the final in 7:05.34, just .03 seconds behind the fourth place United States boat.{{cite web|url= https://cuse.com/news/2024/8/2/womens-rowing-kralikaite-makes-history-at-2024-paris-olympics|website=cuse.com|accessdate=29 April 2025|title= KRALIKAITE MAKES HISTORY AT 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS|date=2 August 2024}}
References
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External links
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- [https://cuse.com/sports/rowing/roster/kamile-kralikaite/22913 Syracuse Orange Bio]
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Category:Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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