How tall is Rūta Meilutytė?

Rūta Meilutytė's listed height is 173 cm (5'8"). She is taller than about 84% of women in Lithuania.

Where 173 cm sits among women in Lithuania

Taller than about 84% of women in Lithuania born in 1997 (average 166.6 cm).

About Rūta Meilutytė

Rūta Meilutytė is a Lithuanian swimmer and an Olympic gold medalist. She was born on 19 March 1997 in Kaunas. She was based in Britain at Plymouth College and the Plymouth Leander Swimming Club under a coaching team led by Jon Rudd, and at 15 she had already broken eleven Lithuanian women's swimming records.

At the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival she won gold in the 100m breaststroke, silver in the 50m freestyle and bronze in the 100m freestyle. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she won the 100 metre breaststroke in 1:05.47, becoming the youngest Lithuanian athlete to win Olympic gold. At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona she set world records in the 50 and 100 metre breaststroke. At 17 she became the first swimmer to win all available junior and senior international championships at least once.

Meilutytė has a listed height of 173 cm (5'8"). She is the current world record holder in the short course 50 and 100 metre breaststroke and the long course 50 metre breaststroke.

Frequently asked

How tall is Rūta Meilutytė in feet and inches? Rūta Meilutytė is 5'8" tall, which is 173 cm, 68.1 inches or 1.73 m.

Is Rūta Meilutytė tall for women in Lithuania? At 173 cm she is taller than about 84% of women in Lithuania born in 1997, whose average height is 166.6 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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