Donata Karalienė (née Vištartaitė, born 11 June 1989) is a Lithuanian rower and Olympic bronze medalist at the Rio 2016 Games.

[6][7] Switching to the double sculls, Karalienė teamed up with Milda Valčiukaitė.

[13] Karalienė was originally a track athlete, competing in the middle distance events.

A rowing coach visited her home town looking for talented athletes with the potential to become rowers.

She was very successful, winning the Lithuanian junior championships after only one year of rowing training.