In 2013 Meilutytė broke her own European record by 0.01 of a second.[8] Meilutytė competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona and achieved world records in the 50 and 100 metre breaststroke.[9] At the age of 17 she became the first swimmer in history to win all available junior and senior international swimming championships at least once.[10]
From July 2019 to July 2021, Meilutytė served a 24-month suspension for anti-doping rule violations between April 2018 and March 2019.[11] She returned to national competition in December 2021.[12]
Meilutytė was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 19 March 1997, the daughter of Saulius Meilutis and Ingrida Meilutienė. Meilutytė has two older brothers, Margiris (age 26 as of 2018), who is a law student, and Mindaugas (age 30 as of 2018).[13] Meilutytė began swimming at the age of seven. Although not particularly tall, she has had size 43 feet (EU) since she was 13 years old. Meilutytė went to Kaunas "Milikoniai" middle-school from ages 6–13.
After earning selection to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Rūta Meilutytė became the youngest Lithuanian swimmer to compete at the modern Olympic Games. In her first event, the 100 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutytė placed first, with a time of 1:05.56, and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record for the 100 metre breaststroke. At the 100 metre breaststroke semi-finals, Meilutytė also placed first, by breaking her previously set Lithuanian swimming record and she also broke the women's 100 metre breaststroke European record, with a time of 1:05.21. She then won the gold medal in the final with a time of 1:05.47, at 15 years, 133 days of age.[5][14] Meilutytė also competed in the 50m freestyle, where she failed to progress to the semi-final despite winning her heat and setting a new national record of 25.55 seconds,[15] and the 100m freestyle.[16]
During the 41st European Olympic Committees (EOC) General Assembly, Meilutytė was named 2012 best European young athlete of the year.[17]
In her first event, 50 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutytė placed first, with a time of 29.56 seconds, and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record, European record and Championship record for the women's 50 metre breaststroke (short-course). In the 50 metre breaststroke semi-finals, Meilutytė also placed first, by breaking the same records again, with a time of 29.51 seconds. During the 50 metre breaststroke final, she won the gold medal, by beating Alia Atkinson (29.62) and Jessica Hardy (29.82) with a time of 29.44 seconds and for the third time broke all three records for the women's 50 metre breaststroke (short-course).[18]
At the 100 metre freestyle, where she progressed to the semi-final by placing 5th in her heat and setting a new national record of 53.54 seconds. Due to the fact that the semi-finals of women's 100 metre freestyle were held just 19 minutes before the 50 metre breaststroke final, Meilutytė withdrew from the 100 metre freestyle semi-finals because of the schedule being too tight.[18]
Meilutytė also competed in the 100 metre individual medley. During the 100 metre individual medley heats, Meilutytė placed second and set a new national record of 59.33 seconds. In the 100 metre individual medley semi-finals she placed third and again set a new national record of 59.15 seconds. In the final of the same event, Meilutytė won the silver medal and for the third time set a new national record of 58.79 seconds.[19]
On the third day of the Championships, Meilutytė competed in 100 metre breaststroke heats, where she placed first and set a new national record of 1:04.69. At the 100 metre breaststroke semi-finals she placed second, with a time of 1:04.81. On 15 December, Meilutytė competed in her last event of the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships – the 100 metre breaststroke finals, and won her second gold medal in this championship, with a time of 1:03.52, and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record, European record and Championship record (which was previously held by Rebecca Soni) for the women's 100 metre breaststroke (short-course).[20][21]
During this championship, Meilutytė broke various national Lithuanian swimming records nine times, European – four times and Championship records also four times.
At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Meilutytė has competed in three events: 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke and 100 metre freestyle. On 29 July 2013, Meilutytė competed in her first event – the 100 metre breaststroke heats, where she placed first with a time of 1:04.52, and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record, European record and Championship record for the 100 metre breaststroke (long course).[22] On the same day in the 100 metre breaststroke semi-finals Meilutytė broke the World record in 100 metre breaststroke, finishing with a time of 1:04.35 seconds and becoming the first record-holder of the championships[23] and the first Lithuanian athlete to break a swimming world record since Lithuania gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1990.[24] During the 100 metre breaststroke final, she won the gold medal, by beating Yuliya Efimova (1:05.02) and Jessica Hardy (1:05.52) with a time of 1:04.42.[25]
Meilutytė also competed in the 100 metre freestyle, where she finished with a time of 55.72 and failed to progress to the semi-final. She also was scheduled to compete in the 50 metre freestyle, but did not start because wanted to concentrate on her next event – 50 metre breaststroke.
In 50 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutytė placed third, with a time of 30.07.[26] On the same day, during the 50 metre breaststroke semi-finals, Meilutytė placed first, with a time of 29.48, and broke world record in 50 metre breaststroke, which was previously held by Yuliya Yefimova, who broke it in the 50 metre breaststroke heats on the same day before. On the next and the last day of the championships, Meilutytė competed in 50 metre breaststroke final, where she won the silver medal with a time of 29.59.[27]
At the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Meilutytė competed in eight events: 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke, 50 metre backstroke, 50 metre butterfly, 200 metre individual medley and 4×100 metre mixed medley.[28]
In her first event, 50 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutytė qualified to the semi-final with a time of 31.10 seconds and broke Championship record. In the 50 metre breaststroke semi-finals, Meilutytė placed first, with a time of 30.04 seconds and broke 50 metre breaststroke Championship record for the second time.[29] At the 50 metre breaststroke final, she finished first and won gold medal with a time of 29.86 seconds, beating Viktorija Solnceva (31.34) and Sophie Taylor (31.38) and for the third time breaking Championship record.[30]
In the 100 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutyte placed second with a time of 1:08.62 seconds. At the 100 metre breaststroke semi-finals, she placed third with a time of 1:08.49 seconds. During 50 metre breaststroke final, she won gold medal, by beating Sophie Taylor (1:07.36) and Viktorija Solnceva (1:07.53) with a time of 1:06.61 seconds and broke Championship record for the girl's 100 metre breaststroke (long-course).
In 50 metre backstroke heats, Meilutytė finished seventh with a time of 29.04 seconds, broke Lithuanian swimming record for the women's 50 metre backstroke (long-course). In the 50 metre backstroke semi-finals, she finished fourth, with a time of 28.78 seconds and broke Lithuanian record for the second time.[31] During 50 metre backstroke final, Meilutytė placed fifth with a time of 29.03 seconds.
In 50 metre freestyle heats, she finished second with a time of 25.36 seconds, while in 50 metre freestyle semi-finals, Meilutyte broke Lithuanian record and finished second with a time of 25.19 seconds.[32] During the 50 metre freestyle final, Meilutyte won gold medal by beating Rozaliya Nasretdinova (25.16) and Siobhan Bernadette Haughey (25.38) and for the second time breaking Lithuanian swimming record for the women's 50 metre freestyle (long-course).[33]
Meilutytė also broke Lithuanian record in 50 metre butterfly heats, where she placed fifth with a time of 27.29 seconds. During 50 metre butterfly semi-finals, she finished seventh with a time of 27.14 seconds and broke Lithuanian swimming record for the second time.[34] Meilutytė withdrew from the 50 metre butterfly final because of the great physical load.
In the 100 metre freestyle heats, Meilutyte finished fourth with a time of 55.65 seconds. In the 100 metre freestyle semi-finals, she placed second with a time of 55.16 seconds, broke Lithuanian swimming record for the women's 100 metre freestyle (long-course). During 100 metre freestyle final, Meilutytė won silver medal, finishing behind Siobhan Bernadette Haughey (54.47) with a time of 54.94 seconds.[31]
In 200 metre individual medley heats, Meilutytė finished first with a time of 2:15.10 seconds.[31] During the 200 metre individual medley final, she won gold medal, by beating Emu Higuchi (2:15.15) and Ella Eastin (2:15.34) and broke Championship and Lithuanian swimming record.
Meilutyte also competed in 4×100 metre mixed medley with Danas Rapšys, Povilas Strazdas, Eva Gliožerytė. During 4×100 metre mixed medley heats, they finished third with a time of 3:55.74 seconds and qualified to the final. At the 4×100 metre mixed medley final, Meilutyte, Rapšys, Strazdas and Gliožerytė finished second and won silver medal with a time of 3:52.52 seconds.
During this Championship, Meilutytė broke various Championship records five times, Lithuanian records nine times and won six medals – gold medals for 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke and 200 metre individual medley, while for 100 metre freestyle and 4×100 metre mixed medley she won silver medals.[33]
In 50 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutytė placed second with a time of 29.96 seconds. In 50 metre breaststroke final, she won gold medal, by beating Alia Atkinson (29.33) and Dorothea Brandt (30.35) with a time of 28.89 seconds and broke European swimming record for women's 50 metre breaststroke (short course) which was previously held by herself.[35] In 100 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutytė placed third with a time of 1:06.03 seconds. In 100 metre breaststroke final, she won gold medal, by beating Yuliya Yefimova (1:03.53) and Alia Atkinson (1:04.64) with a time of 1:02.36 and set a new world swimming record for women's 100 metre breaststroke (short course).[36]
Meilutytė also competed in 50 metre freestyle heats, where she placed tenth with a time of 25.18 seconds and did not qualify to the final.[37] In 100 metre individual medley heats, she placed fifth with a time of 1:0.97 seconds. In 100 metre individual medley final, Meilutytė won her third gold medal at 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup, by beating Katinka Hosszú (58.75) and Alia Atkinson (59.12) with a time of 58.57 seconds. She also broke Lithuanian swimming record for women's 100 metre individual medley (short course).
2013 European Short Course Swimming Championshipsedit
At the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Herning, Denmark, Meilutytė competed three events: 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke and 100 metre individual medley. She won gold medals and broke Championship records for all three events.
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, Meilutytė has competed in three events: 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke and 100 metre freestyle.
In her first event, 50 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutytė placed third, with a time of 32.11 seconds. In the 50 metre breaststroke semi-finals, Meilutytė placed first, with a time of 31.67 seconds. During the 50 metre breaststroke final, she won the gold medal, by beating Julia Willers (31.78) and Anna Sztankovics (31.84) with a time of 30.14 seconds.[38] At the 100 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutytė placed second, with a time of 1:08.97 seconds.[39] At the 100 metre breaststroke semi-finals she placed first, with a time of 1:07.83. On the next day of the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Meilutytė competed in 100 metre breaststroke final, where she won the gold medal with a time of 1:05.39.[40]
Meilutytė also competed in the 100 metre freestyle. During the 100 metre freestyle heats, Meilutytė placed fourth, with a time of 56.20 seconds.[41] On the same day in the 100 metre freestyle semi-finals, where she placed fourth, with a time of 55.46 seconds. During the 100 metre freestyle final, Meilutytė placed fifth and set a new personal record of 55.17 seconds.[42] She also was scheduled to compete in the 200 metre individual medley, but did not start due to the pain in her shoulder.[43]
At the 50 metre freestyle, she progressed to the semi-final by placing 17th with the time of 25.54 seconds. Meilutytė decided to withdraw from the 50 metre freestyle semi-finals because she wanted to save energy for the 50 metre breaststroke final.[44]
At the meet in Tokyo, Japan, Meilutytė competed in four events: 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke, 50 metre freestyle, and 100 metre individual medley. In 50 metre breaststroke heats, she placed first with a time of 29.90 seconds. During the 50 metre breaststroke final, Meilutytė won gold medal, by beating Alia Atkinson (29.66) and Lillia King (30.13) with a time of 29.36 seconds.[47] Meilutytė also competed in 100 metre breaststroke event, where she won silver medal with a time of 1:03.72 seconds.[48]
In 100 metre individual medley heats, Meilutytė placed sixth, with a time of 1:00.33 seconds. In the 100 metre individual medley final, she placed fourth, with a time of 59.23 seconds. In 50 metre freestyle heats, Meilutytė placed twelfth, with a time of 25.15 seconds and did not qualify to the final.[49] Meilutytė was also scheduled to compete in 100 metre freestyle, but decided to withdraw because she wanted to prepare for the 50 metre breaststroke event.
At the 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup meet in Singapore, Meilutytė competed in three events: 100 metre breaststroke, 50 metre freestyle and 100 metre individual medley. In 50 metre breaststroke heats, she placed second with a time of 30.09 seconds. In the 50 metre breaststroke final, she won a silver medal with a time of 29.26 seconds. Meilutytė also competed in the 100 metre breaststroke event. In 100 metre breaststroke heats, she finished first, beating Alia Atkinson (1:05.16) and Katie Meili (1:07.07) with a time of 1:04.89. In the 100 metre breaststroke final, Meilutytė won a silver medal with a time of 1:03.05 seconds.
In 50 metre freestyle heats, Meilutytė placed tenth with a time of 25.60 seconds and did not qualify to the final.[50] In 100 metre individual medley heats, Meilutytė placed fourth with a time of 1:00.32 seconds. In the final, she won a bronze medal with a time of 59.00 seconds.[51]
In September 2015 Meilutytė suffered an injury to her elbow while riding a bike from her home at Plymouth to her training camp. She had to undergo a small surgery, which was done by surgeon Andre Murphy.[52] Because of this, Meilutytė had to take a break from her everyday swimming for a few weeks and then undergo rehabilitation. Because of the accident, she did not participate at the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Netanya, Israel.[53]
At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Meilutytė has competed in three events: 100 metre breaststroke, 50 metre breaststroke and 50 metre freestyle.
On 24 July 2017, Meilutytė competed in her first event – the 100 metre breaststroke heats, where she placed third with a time of 1:05.81. On the same day, during semi-finals Meilutytė also placed third, put up a 1:05.06, marking her fastest performance in this event since she 2013.[55] Meilutytė finished fourth in the 100 metre breaststroke final with a 1:05.65. She was well off her previous World Record time of 1:04.35, which was broken by Lilly King, who swam a 1:04.13.
Meilutytė also competed in the 50 metre freestyle heats, where she finished with a time of 26.03 and failed to progress to the semi-final.
In 50 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutytė placed sixth, with a time of 30.58, to secure her spot for the semi-finals. On the evening session, she placed fourth with a time of 30.40 seconds. Meilutytė managed to finish in fourth place on the final round by twenty-one hundredths of a second (0.21) behind American Katie Meili, clocking at 30.20. Russian Yuliya Yefimova placed second and Meili's teammate Lilly King broke another World Record with a time of 29.40.
At the 2018 European Aquatics Championships in Glasgow, United Kingdom, Meilutytė competed in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre breaststroke, Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay and 50 metre breaststroke. On 3 August 2018, Meilutytė competed in her first event – the 50 metre freestyle heats, where she placed tenth with a time of 25.20. On the same day in the 50 metre freestyle semi-finals Meilutytė broke her own national record (25.10 seconds), finishing with a time of 25.04 seconds. During the 50 metre freestyle final, Meilutytė placed eighth with a time of 25.16.[56] At the 100 metre breaststroke heats, Meilutytė placed first, with a time of 1:06.89 seconds. At the 100 metre breaststroke semi-finals she placed fifth, with a time of 1:07.16. On the next day of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, Meilutytė competed in 100 metre breaststroke final, where she won the silver medal with a time of 1:06.26.
2019–2021: Suspension and returnedit
Suspension due to anti-doping rule violationsedit
In early May 2019, Meilutytė was facing at least a one-year suspension for not being present for doping tests in April 2018, August 2018, and March 2019.[57] On 21 May 2019, Meilutytė announced her retirement from sports.[2] Five days later, Swimming World officially called her career as permanently over, with no prospects of ever returning to competition, and dubbed her actions the "Fall of an Olympic Champion".[58] Four days earlier, NBC Sports propagated the same sentiment, including that she was a "shock Olympic swimming champion".[59] On 21 July 2019, Meilutytė was officially suspended from swimming competition by FINA from 21 July 2019 to 20 July 2021 due to her three anti-doping rule violations of not being present for testing.[11]
Return to competitionedit
Returning to competition following the two year suspension, Meilutytė competed at the 2021 Lithuanian Short Course Championships in Klaipėda in December in the 100 metre breaststroke, where she won the gold medal with a time of 1:05.23, the 50 metre butterfly, where she won the silver medal with a 26.69, and the 50 metre breaststroke, in which she won the gold medal in 29.33 seconds.[12]
2022: World and European champion in 50 metre breaststrokeedit
2022 World Aquatics Championshipsedit
In 2022, Meilutytė returned to training, attending a training camp with the Lithuania National Team from January to February.[60] At the long course 2022 Winter Lithuanian Championships, she won the gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke with a 30.24 and the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle in a time of 25.19 seconds.[61] Two months later, she achieved a 2022 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time in the 100 metre breaststroke, finishing in 1:07.07 in a silver medal-winning performance at the 2022 Lithuanian Swimming Championships.[62] At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships she won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metre breaststroke, finishing behind Anna Elendt (1:05.98) and Benedetta Pilato (1:05.93) with a time of 1:06.02.[63] On 25 July, ten years after winning Olympic gold and nine years after her last world championship win, Meilutytė won a second world title, taking out the 50m breaststroke in Budapest.[64]
2022 European Aquatics Championshipsedit
For her first event at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in August in Rome, Italy, Meilutytė won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:06.50, which was 0.53 seconds slower than gold medalist Benedetta Pilato and 0.16 seconds behind silver medalist Lisa Angiolini of Italy.[65] In her second event, the 50 metre freestyle, she placed thirty-first in the preliminary heats with a time of 26.38 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals stage of competition.[66] On 17 August, the seventh day of competition, she won the European title and gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke, finishing over one-tenth of a second ahead of the next-fastest swimmer with a time of 29.59 seconds.[67][68]
2022 Swimming World Cupedit
On 23 October, at the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin, Germany, Meilutytė won the gold medal and set a new European record and Lithuanian record in the short course 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 28.60 seconds, which was just four-hundredths of a second slower than the world record of 28.56 seconds by Alia Atkinson in 2018.[69][70] In addition to her gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:03.07 and placed fifth in the 100 metre individual medley with a time of 59.08 seconds over the full three days in Berlin.[71]
The following stop of the circuit, in Toronto, Canada beginning 28 October, Meilutytė started off with a seventh-place finish in the final of the 100 metre individual medley on day one with a time of 59.67 seconds.[72] On the second day, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:02.95, which made her the only female to swim faster than 1:03.00 in the final.[73][74] In the morning preliminaries she had finished in a time of 1:04.74 to qualify for the final ranking fourth, just 0.04 seconds behind third-ranked Lydia Jacoby of the United States and 0.20 seconds behind first-ranked Anna Elendt.[75] The next day, she was the only female to swim faster than 29.00 seconds in the 50 metre breaststroke, winning the gold medal with a time of 28.96 seconds, which was 1.29 seconds faster than bronze medalist Anastasia Gorbenko of Israel.[76]
In the 100 metre individual medley on day one of the stop in the third and final location, Indianapolis, United States, Meilutytė placed seventh with a time of 59.58 seconds.[77] She followed up with a gold medal-win in the 100 metre breaststroke on day two, finishing 0.97 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher with a US Open record time of 1:02.77.[78] She made it another gold medal in a US Open record time the following day, winning the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 28.70 seconds.[79] Across all three stops of the World Cup, she earned 151.9 points for her performances, ranking as the fifth overall highest-scoring female competitor.[80]
2022 World Short Course Championshipsedit
At the 2022 World Short Course Championships, held in Melbourne, Australia, Meilutytė ranked first in the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke on day two with a time of 1:03.81 and qualified for the evening semifinals.[81] She finished in 1:03.40 in the semifinals to qualify for the final ranking second.[82] During racing in the final the following day, she was disqualified.[83][84] Beginning again, this time in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke on day five, she qualified for the semifinals ranked first with a time of 29.10 seconds.[85] In the semifinals, she set the first world record of the Championships in a stage other than an event final, achieving a new world record time of 28.37 seconds.[86][87][88] She won the gold medal in the final with a time of 28.50 seconds, which made her the world title holder in the female 50 metre breaststroke for both the long course and short course World Championships in 2022.[89][90]
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rūta, meilutytė, lithuanian, pronunciation, ruːˈtɐ, mʲɛɪ, ɫʊˈtʲi, ːtʲeː, born, march, 1997, lithuanian, swimmer, olympic, gold, medalist, world, record, holder, short, course, metre, breaststroke, metre, breaststroke, long, course, metre, breaststroke, former,. Ruta Meilutyte Lithuanian pronunciation ruːˈtɐ mʲɛɪ ɫʊˈtʲi ːtʲeː born 19 March 1997 is a Lithuanian swimmer 2 An Olympic gold medalist she is a 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 Ruta MeilutyteMeilutyte at 2012 Summer OlympicsPersonal informationNational teamLithuaniaBorn 1997 03 19 19 March 1997 age 27 Kaunas LithuaniaHeight1 73 m 5 ft 8 in Weight74 kg 163 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesBreaststroke freestyleCoachTadas Duskinas 1 Medal record Women s swimming Representing Lithuania Event 1st 2nd 3rd Summer Olympics 1 0 0 World Championships LC 5 2 1 World Championships SC 4 3 0 European Championships LC 3 1 1 European Championships SC 5 0 0 Youth Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Junior Championships 4 2 0 European Junior Championships 1 1 0 European Youth Olympic Festival 1 1 1 Total 26 10 3 Summer Olympics 2012 London 100 m breaststroke World Championships LC 2013 Barcelona 100 m breaststroke 2022 Budapest 50 m breaststroke 2023 Fukuoka 50 m breaststroke 2023 Fukuoka 100 m breaststroke 2024 Doha 50 m breaststroke 2013 Barcelona 50 m breaststroke 2015 Kazan 100 m breaststroke 2022 Budapest 100 m breaststroke World Championships SC 2012 Istanbul 50 m breaststroke 2012 Istanbul 100 m breaststroke 2014 Doha 50 m breaststroke 2022 Melbourne 50 m breaststroke 2012 Istanbul 100 m medley 2014 Doha 100 m breaststroke 2018 Hangzhou 50 m breaststroke European Championships 2014 Berlin 50 m breaststroke 2016 London 100 m breaststroke 2022 Rome 50 m breaststroke 2018 Glasgow 100 m breaststroke 2022 Rome 100 m breaststroke European Championships SC 2013 Herning 50 m breaststroke 2013 Herning 100 m breaststroke 2013 Herning 100 m medley 2017 Copenhagen 50 m breaststroke 2017 Copenhagen 100 m breaststroke Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing 50 m breaststroke 2014 Nanjing 100 m breaststroke World Junior Championships 2013 Dubai 50 m freestyle 2013 Dubai 50 m breaststroke 2013 Dubai 100 m breaststroke 2013 Dubai 200 m medley 2013 Dubai 100 m freestyle 2013 Dubai 4 100 m mixed medley European Junior Championships 2013 Poznan 100 m breaststroke 2013 Poznan 50 m freestyle European Youth Olympic Festival 2011 Trabzon 100 m breaststroke 2011 Trabzon 50 m freestyle 2011 Trabzon 100 m freestyleGrand Cross of Order for Merits to Lithuania At the age of 15 Meilutyte 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 3 At the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Trabzon she won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke a silver in the 50m freestyle and a bronze in the 100m freestyle At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London Meilutyte won the gold medal in the women s 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1 05 47 4 5 6 7 At age 15 she was also the youngest Lithuanian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal In 2013 Meilutyte broke her own European record by 0 01 of a second 8 Meilutyte competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona and achieved world records in the 50 and 100 metre breaststroke 9 At the age of 17 she became the first swimmer in history to win all available junior and senior international swimming championships at least once 10 From July 2019 to July 2021 Meilutyte served a 24 month suspension for anti doping rule violations between April 2018 and March 2019 11 She returned to national competition in December 2021 12 Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 2 1 Early career 2 2 2012 Olympic and double World champion at 15 years of age 2 2 1 2012 Summer Olympics 2 2 2 2012 World Swimming Championships 2 3 2013 Three world records as a 16 year old 2 3 1 2013 World Aquatics championships 2 3 2 2013 World Junior Swimming Championships 2 3 3 2013 Swimming World Cup 2 3 4 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships 2 4 2014 2 4 1 2014 Summer Youth Olympics 2 4 2 2014 European Aquatics Championships 2 4 3 2014 Swimming World Cup 2 4 4 2014 World Swimming Championships 2 5 2015 2 5 1 2015 World Aquatics championships 2 5 2 Short hiatus 2 6 2016 2 6 1 2016 Summer Olympics 2 7 2017 2 7 1 2017 World Aquatics championships 2 8 2018 2 8 1 2018 European Aquatics Championships 2 9 2019 2021 Suspension and return 2 9 1 Suspension due to anti doping rule violations 2 9 2 Return to competition 2 10 2022 World and European champion in 50 metre breaststroke 2 10 1 2022 World Aquatics Championships 2 10 2 2022 European Aquatics Championships 2 10 3 2022 Swimming World Cup 2 10 4 2022 World Short Course Championships 3 Personal bests 4 Records 4 1 European records 4 2 World records 5 International championships 50 m 6 International championships 25 m 7 Decorations 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksPersonal life editMeilutyte was born in Kaunas Lithuania on 19 March 1997 the daughter of Saulius Meilutis and Ingrida Meilutiene Meilutyte has two older brothers Margiris age 26 as of 2018 who is a law student and Mindaugas age 30 as of 2018 13 Meilutyte began swimming at the age of seven Although not particularly tall she has had size 43 feet EU since she was 13 years old Meilutyte went to Kaunas Milikoniai middle school from ages 6 13 Career editEarly career edit In 2011 she broke her first Lithuanian swimming record in the women s 50m and 100 meters breaststroke 2012 Olympic and double World champion at 15 years of age edit 2012 Summer Olympics edit nbsp Ruta at the 2012 Summer Olympics with the Lithuanian swim team See also Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics After earning selection to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics Ruta Meilutyte became the youngest Lithuanian swimmer to compete at the modern Olympic Games In her first event the 100 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte placed first with a time of 1 05 56 and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record for the 100 metre breaststroke At the 100 metre breaststroke semi finals Meilutyte also placed first by breaking her previously set Lithuanian swimming record and she also broke the women s 100 metre breaststroke European record with a time of 1 05 21 She then won the gold medal in the final with a time of 1 05 47 at 15 years 133 days of age 5 14 Meilutyte also competed in the 50m freestyle where she failed to progress to the semi final despite winning her heat and setting a new national record of 25 55 seconds 15 and the 100m freestyle 16 During the 41st European Olympic Committees EOC General Assembly Meilutyte was named 2012 best European young athlete of the year 17 2012 World Swimming Championships edit See also 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships 25 m At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships 25 m in Istanbul Turkey Meilutyte competed in four events 50 metre breaststroke 100 metre breaststroke 100 metre freestyle and 100 metre individual medley In her first event 50 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte placed first with a time of 29 56 seconds and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record European record and Championship record for the women s 50 metre breaststroke short course In the 50 metre breaststroke semi finals Meilutyte also placed first by breaking the same records again with a time of 29 51 seconds During the 50 metre breaststroke final she won the gold medal by beating Alia Atkinson 29 62 and Jessica Hardy 29 82 with a time of 29 44 seconds and for the third time broke all three records for the women s 50 metre breaststroke short course 18 At the 100 metre freestyle where she progressed to the semi final by placing 5th in her heat and setting a new national record of 53 54 seconds Due to the fact that the semi finals of women s 100 metre freestyle were held just 19 minutes before the 50 metre breaststroke final Meilutyte withdrew from the 100 metre freestyle semi finals because of the schedule being too tight 18 Meilutyte also competed in the 100 metre individual medley During the 100 metre individual medley heats Meilutyte placed second and set a new national record of 59 33 seconds In the 100 metre individual medley semi finals she placed third and again set a new national record of 59 15 seconds In the final of the same event Meilutyte won the silver medal and for the third time set a new national record of 58 79 seconds 19 On the third day of the Championships Meilutyte competed in 100 metre breaststroke heats where she placed first and set a new national record of 1 04 69 At the 100 metre breaststroke semi finals she placed second with a time of 1 04 81 On 15 December Meilutyte competed in her last event of the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships the 100 metre breaststroke finals and won her second gold medal in this championship with a time of 1 03 52 and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record European record and Championship record which was previously held by Rebecca Soni for the women s 100 metre breaststroke short course 20 21 During this championship Meilutyte broke various national Lithuanian swimming records nine times European four times and Championship records also four times 2013 Three world records as a 16 year old edit 2013 World Aquatics championships edit See also Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona Spain Meilutyte has competed in three events 50 metre breaststroke 100 metre breaststroke and 100 metre freestyle On 29 July 2013 Meilutyte competed in her first event the 100 metre breaststroke heats where she placed first with a time of 1 04 52 and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record European record and Championship record for the 100 metre breaststroke long course 22 On the same day in the 100 metre breaststroke semi finals Meilutyte broke the World record in 100 metre breaststroke finishing with a time of 1 04 35 seconds and becoming the first record holder of the championships 23 and the first Lithuanian athlete to break a swimming world record since Lithuania gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1990 24 During the 100 metre breaststroke final she won the gold medal by beating Yuliya Efimova 1 05 02 and Jessica Hardy 1 05 52 with a time of 1 04 42 25 Meilutyte also competed in the 100 metre freestyle where she finished with a time of 55 72 and failed to progress to the semi final She also was scheduled to compete in the 50 metre freestyle but did not start because wanted to concentrate on her next event 50 metre breaststroke In 50 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte placed third with a time of 30 07 26 On the same day during the 50 metre breaststroke semi finals Meilutyte placed first with a time of 29 48 and broke world record in 50 metre breaststroke which was previously held by Yuliya Yefimova who broke it in the 50 metre breaststroke heats on the same day before On the next and the last day of the championships Meilutyte competed in 50 metre breaststroke final where she won the silver medal with a time of 29 59 27 2013 World Junior Swimming Championships edit See also 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships At the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai United Arab Emirates Meilutyte competed in eight events 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 50 metre breaststroke 100 metre breaststroke 50 metre backstroke 50 metre butterfly 200 metre individual medley and 4 100 metre mixed medley 28 In her first event 50 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte qualified to the semi final with a time of 31 10 seconds and broke Championship record In the 50 metre breaststroke semi finals Meilutyte placed first with a time of 30 04 seconds and broke 50 metre breaststroke Championship record for the second time 29 At the 50 metre breaststroke final she finished first and won gold medal with a time of 29 86 seconds beating Viktorija Solnceva 31 34 and Sophie Taylor 31 38 and for the third time breaking Championship record 30 In the 100 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte placed second with a time of 1 08 62 seconds At the 100 metre breaststroke semi finals she placed third with a time of 1 08 49 seconds During 50 metre breaststroke final she won gold medal by beating Sophie Taylor 1 07 36 and Viktorija Solnceva 1 07 53 with a time of 1 06 61 seconds and broke Championship record for the girl s 100 metre breaststroke long course In 50 metre backstroke heats Meilutyte finished seventh with a time of 29 04 seconds broke Lithuanian swimming record for the women s 50 metre backstroke long course In the 50 metre backstroke semi finals she finished fourth with a time of 28 78 seconds and broke Lithuanian record for the second time 31 During 50 metre backstroke final Meilutyte placed fifth with a time of 29 03 seconds In 50 metre freestyle heats she finished second with a time of 25 36 seconds while in 50 metre freestyle semi finals Meilutyte broke Lithuanian record and finished second with a time of 25 19 seconds 32 During the 50 metre freestyle final Meilutyte won gold medal by beating Rozaliya Nasretdinova 25 16 and Siobhan Bernadette Haughey 25 38 and for the second time breaking Lithuanian swimming record for the women s 50 metre freestyle long course 33 Meilutyte also broke Lithuanian record in 50 metre butterfly heats where she placed fifth with a time of 27 29 seconds During 50 metre butterfly semi finals she finished seventh with a time of 27 14 seconds and broke Lithuanian swimming record for the second time 34 Meilutyte withdrew from the 50 metre butterfly final because of the great physical load In the 100 metre freestyle heats Meilutyte finished fourth with a time of 55 65 seconds In the 100 metre freestyle semi finals she placed second with a time of 55 16 seconds broke Lithuanian swimming record for the women s 100 metre freestyle long course During 100 metre freestyle final Meilutyte won silver medal finishing behind Siobhan Bernadette Haughey 54 47 with a time of 54 94 seconds 31 In 200 metre individual medley heats Meilutyte finished first with a time of 2 15 10 seconds 31 During the 200 metre individual medley final she won gold medal by beating Emu Higuchi 2 15 15 and Ella Eastin 2 15 34 and broke Championship and Lithuanian swimming record Meilutyte also competed in 4 100 metre mixed medley with Danas Rapsys Povilas Strazdas Eva Gliozeryte During 4 100 metre mixed medley heats they finished third with a time of 3 55 74 seconds and qualified to the final At the 4 100 metre mixed medley final Meilutyte Rapsys Strazdas and Gliozeryte finished second and won silver medal with a time of 3 52 52 seconds During this Championship Meilutyte broke various Championship records five times Lithuanian records nine times and won six medals gold medals for 50 metre freestyle 50 metre breaststroke 100 metre breaststroke and 200 metre individual medley while for 100 metre freestyle and 4 100 metre mixed medley she won silver medals 33 2013 Swimming World Cup edit See also 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup Meilutyte participated in one meet of 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup in Moscow Russia On the overall women s scoring of the 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup she placed fourteenth with total of 80 points At the meet in Moscow Meilutyte competed in four events 50 metre breaststroke 100 metre breaststroke 50 metre freestyle and 100 metre individual medley In 50 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte placed second with a time of 29 96 seconds In 50 metre breaststroke final she won gold medal by beating Alia Atkinson 29 33 and Dorothea Brandt 30 35 with a time of 28 89 seconds and broke European swimming record for women s 50 metre breaststroke short course which was previously held by herself 35 In 100 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte placed third with a time of 1 06 03 seconds In 100 metre breaststroke final she won gold medal by beating Yuliya Yefimova 1 03 53 and Alia Atkinson 1 04 64 with a time of 1 02 36 and set a new world swimming record for women s 100 metre breaststroke short course 36 Meilutyte also competed in 50 metre freestyle heats where she placed tenth with a time of 25 18 seconds and did not qualify to the final 37 In 100 metre individual medley heats she placed fifth with a time of 1 0 97 seconds In 100 metre individual medley final Meilutyte won her third gold medal at 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup by beating Katinka Hosszu 58 75 and Alia Atkinson 59 12 with a time of 58 57 seconds She also broke Lithuanian swimming record for women s 100 metre individual medley short course 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships edit See also 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships At the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Herning Denmark Meilutyte competed three events 50 metre breaststroke 100 metre breaststroke and 100 metre individual medley She won gold medals and broke Championship records for all three events 2014 edit 2014 Summer Youth Olympics edit See also Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing China Meilutyte has competed in three events 50 metre breaststroke 100 metre breaststroke and 100 metre freestyle In her first event 50 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte placed third with a time of 32 11 seconds In the 50 metre breaststroke semi finals Meilutyte placed first with a time of 31 67 seconds During the 50 metre breaststroke final she won the gold medal by beating Julia Willers 31 78 and Anna Sztankovics 31 84 with a time of 30 14 seconds 38 At the 100 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte placed second with a time of 1 08 97 seconds 39 At the 100 metre breaststroke semi finals she placed first with a time of 1 07 83 On the next day of the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Meilutyte competed in 100 metre breaststroke final where she won the gold medal with a time of 1 05 39 40 Meilutyte also competed in the 100 metre freestyle During the 100 metre freestyle heats Meilutyte placed fourth with a time of 56 20 seconds 41 On the same day in the 100 metre freestyle semi finals where she placed fourth with a time of 55 46 seconds During the 100 metre freestyle final Meilutyte placed fifth and set a new personal record of 55 17 seconds 42 She also was scheduled to compete in the 200 metre individual medley but did not start due to the pain in her shoulder 43 2014 European Aquatics Championships edit See also 2014 European Aquatics Championships At the 2014 European Aquatics Championships in Berlin Germany Meilutyte has competed in two events 50 metre breaststroke and 50 metre freestyle On 23 August 2014 Meilutyte competed in her first event the 50 metre breaststroke heats where she placed first with a time of 30 73 44 On the same day in the 50 metre breaststroke semi finals Meilutyte broke the Championship record in 50 metre breaststroke previously held by Yuliya Efimova 30 29 seconds finishing with a time of 29 88 seconds 45 On 24 August 2014 Meilutyte competed in the 50 metre breaststroke final where she won the gold medal with a time of 29 89 seconds thus making it the last gold medal she needed to reach first ever Aquatic Grand Slam which requires to win gold medal in swimming events at Olympic Games Youth Olympic Games FINA World Senior long course and short course and Junior Championships Swimming World Cup European Youth and Senior Championships long course and short course 10 46 Meilutyte is the first Lithuanian swimmer ever to win gold medal in a long course European Aquatics Championships 46 At the 50 metre freestyle she progressed to the semi final by placing 17th with the time of 25 54 seconds Meilutyte decided to withdraw from the 50 metre freestyle semi finals because she wanted to save energy for the 50 metre breaststroke final 44 2014 Swimming World Cup edit See also 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup Meilutyte participated in two meets of the 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup in Singapore and Tokyo Japan On the overall women s scoring of the 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup she placed thirteenth with total of 45 points At the meet in Tokyo Japan Meilutyte competed in four events 50 metre breaststroke 100 metre breaststroke 50 metre freestyle and 100 metre individual medley In 50 metre breaststroke heats she placed first with a time of 29 90 seconds During the 50 metre breaststroke final Meilutyte won gold medal by beating Alia Atkinson 29 66 and Lillia King 30 13 with a time of 29 36 seconds 47 Meilutyte also competed in 100 metre breaststroke event where she won silver medal with a time of 1 03 72 seconds 48 In 100 metre individual medley heats Meilutyte placed sixth with a time of 1 00 33 seconds In the 100 metre individual medley final she placed fourth with a time of 59 23 seconds In 50 metre freestyle heats Meilutyte placed twelfth with a time of 25 15 seconds and did not qualify to the final 49 Meilutyte was also scheduled to compete in 100 metre freestyle but decided to withdraw because she wanted to prepare for the 50 metre breaststroke event At the 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup meet in Singapore Meilutyte competed in three events 100 metre breaststroke 50 metre freestyle and 100 metre individual medley In 50 metre breaststroke heats she placed second with a time of 30 09 seconds In the 50 metre breaststroke final she won a silver medal with a time of 29 26 seconds Meilutyte also competed in the 100 metre breaststroke event In 100 metre breaststroke heats she finished first beating Alia Atkinson 1 05 16 and Katie Meili 1 07 07 with a time of 1 04 89 In the 100 metre breaststroke final Meilutyte won a silver medal with a time of 1 03 05 seconds In 50 metre freestyle heats Meilutyte placed tenth with a time of 25 60 seconds and did not qualify to the final 50 In 100 metre individual medley heats Meilutyte placed fourth with a time of 1 00 32 seconds In the final she won a bronze medal with a time of 59 00 seconds 51 2014 World Swimming Championships edit See also 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships 25 m This section needs expansion with events details and results You can help by adding to it April 2016 At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships 25 m in Doha Qatar Meilutyte competed in four events 50 metre breaststroke 100 metre breaststroke 100 metre freestyle and 100 metre individual medley 2015 edit nbsp 100m breast semi final in Kazan 2015 2015 World Aquatics championships edit See also Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships This section needs expansion with events details and results You can help by adding to it April 2016 At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan Russia Meilutyte competed in two events 50 metre breaststroke and 100 metre breaststroke Short hiatus edit In September 2015 Meilutyte suffered an injury to her elbow while riding a bike from her home at Plymouth to her training camp She had to undergo a small surgery which was done by surgeon Andre Murphy 52 Because of this Meilutyte had to take a break from her everyday swimming for a few weeks and then undergo rehabilitation Because of the accident she did not participate at the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Netanya Israel 53 2016 edit 2016 Summer Olympics edit At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Meilutyte finished seventh in the 100 metre breaststroke 54 2017 edit 2017 World Aquatics championships edit See also Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest Hungary Meilutyte has competed in three events 100 metre breaststroke 50 metre breaststroke and 50 metre freestyle On 24 July 2017 Meilutyte competed in her first event the 100 metre breaststroke heats where she placed third with a time of 1 05 81 On the same day during semi finals Meilutyte also placed third put up a 1 05 06 marking her fastest performance in this event since she 2013 55 Meilutyte finished fourth in the 100 metre breaststroke final with a 1 05 65 She was well off her previous World Record time of 1 04 35 which was broken by Lilly King who swam a 1 04 13 Meilutyte also competed in the 50 metre freestyle heats where she finished with a time of 26 03 and failed to progress to the semi final In 50 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte placed sixth with a time of 30 58 to secure her spot for the semi finals On the evening session she placed fourth with a time of 30 40 seconds Meilutyte managed to finish in fourth place on the final round by twenty one hundredths of a second 0 21 behind American Katie Meili clocking at 30 20 Russian Yuliya Yefimova placed second and Meili s teammate Lilly King broke another World Record with a time of 29 40 2018 edit 2018 European Aquatics Championships edit See also 2018 European Aquatics Championships At the 2018 European Aquatics Championships in Glasgow United Kingdom Meilutyte competed in the 50 metre freestyle 100 metre breaststroke Mixed 4 100 metre medley relay and 50 metre breaststroke On 3 August 2018 Meilutyte competed in her first event the 50 metre freestyle heats where she placed tenth with a time of 25 20 On the same day in the 50 metre freestyle semi finals Meilutyte broke her own national record 25 10 seconds finishing with a time of 25 04 seconds During the 50 metre freestyle final Meilutyte placed eighth with a time of 25 16 56 At the 100 metre breaststroke heats Meilutyte placed first with a time of 1 06 89 seconds At the 100 metre breaststroke semi finals she placed fifth with a time of 1 07 16 On the next day of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships Meilutyte competed in 100 metre breaststroke final where she won the silver medal with a time of 1 06 26 2019 2021 Suspension and return edit Suspension due to anti doping rule violations edit In early May 2019 Meilutyte was facing at least a one year suspension for not being present for doping tests in April 2018 August 2018 and March 2019 57 On 21 May 2019 Meilutyte announced her retirement from sports 2 Five days later Swimming World officially called her career as permanently over with no prospects of ever returning to competition and dubbed her actions the Fall of an Olympic Champion 58 Four days earlier NBC Sports propagated the same sentiment including that she was a shock Olympic swimming champion 59 On 21 July 2019 Meilutyte was officially suspended from swimming competition by FINA from 21 July 2019 to 20 July 2021 due to her three anti doping rule violations of not being present for testing 11 Return to competition edit Returning to competition following the two year suspension Meilutyte competed at the 2021 Lithuanian Short Course Championships in Klaipeda in December in the 100 metre breaststroke where she won the gold medal with a time of 1 05 23 the 50 metre butterfly where she won the silver medal with a 26 69 and the 50 metre breaststroke in which she won the gold medal in 29 33 seconds 12 2022 World and European champion in 50 metre breaststroke edit 2022 World Aquatics Championships edit In 2022 Meilutyte returned to training attending a training camp with the Lithuania National Team from January to February 60 At the long course 2022 Winter Lithuanian Championships she won the gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke with a 30 24 and the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle in a time of 25 19 seconds 61 Two months later she achieved a 2022 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time in the 100 metre breaststroke finishing in 1 07 07 in a silver medal winning performance at the 2022 Lithuanian Swimming Championships 62 At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships she won the bronze medal in the women s 100 metre breaststroke finishing behind Anna Elendt 1 05 98 and Benedetta Pilato 1 05 93 with a time of 1 06 02 63 On 25 July ten years after winning Olympic gold and nine years after her last world championship win Meilutyte won a second world title taking out the 50m breaststroke in Budapest 64 2022 European Aquatics Championships edit For her first event at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships held in August in Rome Italy Meilutyte won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1 06 50 which was 0 53 seconds slower than gold medalist Benedetta Pilato and 0 16 seconds behind silver medalist Lisa Angiolini of Italy 65 In her second event the 50 metre freestyle she placed thirty first in the preliminary heats with a time of 26 38 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals stage of competition 66 On 17 August the seventh day of competition she won the European title and gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke finishing over one tenth of a second ahead of the next fastest swimmer with a time of 29 59 seconds 67 68 2022 Swimming World Cup edit On 23 October at the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin Germany Meilutyte won the gold medal and set a new European record and Lithuanian record in the short course 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 28 60 seconds which was just four hundredths of a second slower than the world record of 28 56 seconds by Alia Atkinson in 2018 69 70 In addition to her gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke she won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1 03 07 and placed fifth in the 100 metre individual medley with a time of 59 08 seconds over the full three days in Berlin 71 The following stop of the circuit in Toronto Canada beginning 28 October Meilutyte started off with a seventh place finish in the final of the 100 metre individual medley on day one with a time of 59 67 seconds 72 On the second day she won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1 02 95 which made her the only female to swim faster than 1 03 00 in the final 73 74 In the morning preliminaries she had finished in a time of 1 04 74 to qualify for the final ranking fourth just 0 04 seconds behind third ranked Lydia Jacoby of the United States and 0 20 seconds behind first ranked Anna Elendt 75 The next day she was the only female to swim faster than 29 00 seconds in the 50 metre breaststroke winning the gold medal with a time of 28 96 seconds which was 1 29 seconds faster than bronze medalist Anastasia Gorbenko of Israel 76 In the 100 metre individual medley on day one of the stop in the third and final location Indianapolis United States Meilutyte placed seventh with a time of 59 58 seconds 77 She followed up with a gold medal win in the 100 metre breaststroke on day two finishing 0 97 seconds ahead of the second place finisher with a US Open record time of 1 02 77 78 She made it another gold medal in a US Open record time the following day winning the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 28 70 seconds 79 Across all three stops of the World Cup she earned 151 9 points for her performances ranking as the fifth overall highest scoring female competitor 80 2022 World Short Course Championships edit At the 2022 World Short Course Championships held in Melbourne Australia Meilutyte ranked first in the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke on day two with a time of 1 03 81 and qualified for the evening semifinals 81 She finished in 1 03 40 in the semifinals to qualify for the final ranking second 82 During racing in the final the following day she was disqualified 83 84 Beginning again this time in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke on day five she qualified for the semifinals ranked first with a time of 29 10 seconds 85 In the semifinals she set the first world record of the Championships in a stage other than an event final achieving a new world record time of 28 37 seconds 86 87 88 She won the gold medal in the final with a time of 28 50 seconds which made her the world title holder in the female 50 metre breaststroke for both the long course and short course World Championships in 2022 89 90 Personal bests editAs of 17 December 2022 Event Time Meet Location Date Note s 50m breaststroke long course 29 48 2013 World Aquatics Championships Barcelona Spain 3 August 2013 NR ER 100m breaststroke long course 1 04 35 2013 World Aquatics Championships Barcelona Spain 29 July 2013 NR ER 200m breaststroke long course 2 25 62 Energy for Swim Rome Italy 9 August 2017 NR 50m breaststroke short course 28 37 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne Australia 17 December 2022 WR 100m breaststroke short course 1 02 36 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup Moscow Moscow Russia 12 October 2013 NR WR 200m breaststroke short course 2 22 21 2017 FINA Swimming World Cup Moscow Moscow Russia 3 August 2017 NR 50m butterfly long course 27 14 2013 World Junior Championships Dubai UAE 28 August 2013 NR 50m butterfly short course 26 62 2013 Lithuanian Championships Anyksciai Lithuania 20 December 2013 NR 50m backstroke long course 28 78 2013 World Junior Championships Dubai UAE 29 August 2013 100m backstroke long course 1 04 19 2012 British GAS Swimming Competition Plymouth United Kingdom 7 May 2012 50m backstroke short course 28 36 2013 ASA South West Regional Championships Millfield United Kingdom 7 December 2013 50m freestyle long course 25 04 2018 European Aquatics Championships Glasgow United Kingdom 3 August 2018 NR 100m freestyle long course 54 94 2013 World Junior Championships Dubai UAE 28 August 2013 NR 200m freestyle long course 2 00 11 2014 British Championships Glasgow United Kingdom 10 April 2014 NR 50m freestyle short course 24 95 2013 Lithuanian Championships Anyksciai Lithuania 20 December 2013 NR 100m freestyle short course 53 54 2012 World Championships Istanbul Turkey 13 December 2012 NR 200m individual medley long course 2 12 32 2013 World Junior Championships Dubai UAE 29 August 2013 NR 100m individual medley short course 57 68 European Championships Herning Denmark 14 December 2013 NR 200m individual medley short course 2 09 55 2012 Lithuanian Championships Anyksciai Lithuania 22 December 2012 NRRecords editLegend records marked bold are still held by Ruta Meilutyte European records edit Type Distance Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref ER 100m long course Breaststroke 1 05 21 2012 Summer Olympics London United Kingdom 29 July 2012 15 91 ER 50m short course Breaststroke 29 44 2012 World Championships Istanbul Turkey 13 Dec 2012 15 92 ER 100m short course Breaststroke 1 03 52 2012 World Championships Istanbul Turkey 15 Dec 2012 15 21 ER 100m long course Breaststroke 1 05 20 2013 International Swimming Meeting of Monte Carlo Monte Carlo Monaco 8 June 2013 16 8 ER 50m long course Breaststroke 29 96 2013 International Swimming Meeting of Barcelona Barcelona Spain 11 June 2013 16 93 ER 100m long course Breaststroke 1 04 35 2013 World Aquatics Championships Barcelona Spain 29 July 2013 16 22 ER 100m short course Breaststroke 1 02 36 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup Moscow Moscow Russia 12 October 2013 16 94 ER 50m short course Breaststroke 28 89 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup Moscow Moscow Russia 13 October 2013 16 95 ER 50m short course Breaststroke 28 81 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships Doha Qatar 3 December 2014 17 96 ER 50m short course Breaststroke 28 60 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup Berlin Berlin Germany 23 October 2022 25 69 70 ER 50m short course Breaststroke 28 37 2022 FINA World Short Course Championships Melbourne Australia 17 December 2022 25 86 88 87 World records edit Type Distance Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref WR 100m long course Breaststroke 1 04 35 2013 World Aquatics Championships Barcelona Spain 29 July 2013 16 23 WR 50m long course Breaststroke 29 48 2013 World Aquatics Championships Barcelona Spain 3 August 2013 16 97 WR 100m short course Breaststroke 1 02 36 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup Moscow Moscow Russia 12 October 2013 16 94 WR 50m short course Breaststroke 28 37 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne Australia 17 December 2022 25 86 88 87 International championships 50 m editMeet 50 freestyle 100 freestyle 50 backstroke 50 breaststroke 100 breaststroke 50 butterfly 200 medley 4 100 mixed medley Junior level EJC 2013 nbsp nbsp WJC 2013 nbsp nbsp 5th nbsp nbsp 7th sf WD nbsp nbsp YOG 2014 5th nbsp nbsp DNS Senior level OG 2012 26th 23rd nbsp WC 2013 27th nbsp nbsp EC 2014 17th h WD nbsp WC 2015 4th nbsp EC 2016 nbsp OG 2016 7th WC 2017 37th 4th 4th EC 2018 8th 4th nbsp WC 2022 34th nbsp nbsp EC 2022 31st nbsp nbsp WC 2023 nbsp nbsp WC 2024 nbsp 17th 15thInternational championships 25 m editMeet 50 freestyle 100 freestyle 50 breaststroke 100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke 100 medley WC 2012 DNS 5th h WD nbsp nbsp nbsp EC 2013 DNS nbsp nbsp nbsp WC 2014 DNS nbsp nbsp 5th EC 2017 nbsp nbsp DNS WC 2018 32nd nbsp 14th 12th WC 2022 nbsp DSQDecorations edit nbsp Grand Cross of Order for Merits to Lithuania 10 August 2012 98 See also editList of Olympic medalists in swimming women List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming women List of World Swimming Championships 25 m medalists women List of Lithuanian records in swimming List of Baltic records in swimming List of European records in swimming List of world records in swimming World record progression 50 metres breaststroke World record progression 100 metres 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