Sofija Korkutytė

Sofija Korkutytė

Personal information
Born	22 July 1939 Mitriškės, Lithuania
Died	23 May 2000 (aged 60) Vilnius, Lithuania
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Competitor for the  Soviet Union European Rowing Championships 1963 Moscow Eights 1964 Amsterdam Eights 1965 Duisburg Eights 1966 Amsterdam Eights 1967 Vichy Eights

Sofija Korkutytė (22 July 1939 – 23 May 2000) was a Lithuanian rower who won three European titles in the eights event in 1963, 1965 and 1967; she finished second in 1964 and 1966.^[1] In 1966 Korkutytė graduated from the Economics Faculty of Vilnius University. From 1964 to 1981 she worked as a rowing coach and between 1981 and 1998 she was employed at the Lithuanian Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Management. In parallel she also acted as a rowing judge.^[2]

References

1. Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Achter). sport-komplett.de
2. Korkutytė Sofija. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport

Soviet eight at the 1966 European Championships, Korkutytė is third from right