Saulius Ritter

Saulius Ritter (born 23 August 1988) is a Lithuanian rower, best known for winning a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2011 European Rowing Championships.

Saulius Ritter

Personal information
Born	(1988-08-23) 23 August 1988 (age 36) Vilnius, Lithuania
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Lithuania Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Double sculls World Championships 2013 Chungju M2x 2015 Aiguebelette M2x European Championships 2011 Plovdiv M2x 2014 Belgrade M2x 2013 Sevilla M2x 2018 Glasgow M4x 2016 Brandenburg M2x World U23 Championships 2010 Brest M2x Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju M2x

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's double sculls with Rolandas Maščinskas.^[1]

Saulius Ritter (left) and Rolandas Maščinskas at the 2016 European Championships in Brandenburg

Ritter and Maščinskas won gold at the 2011 and 2014 European Championships, silver at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships and the 2013 European Championships and bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the same event with Mindaugas Griskonis.^[8]

In 2021 Ritter announced about retirement from professional sport.^[9]

Biography

Currently living in Trakai. Studying in Mykolas Romeris University.^[10]

Personal life

Ritter is engaged to another Lithuanian rower Milda Valčiukaitė.^[9]