Ričardas Vaitkevičius

Ričardas Vaitkevičius
Personal information
Born 6 May 1933
Died 3 January 1996 (aged 62)
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Žalgiris Vilnius, Dynamo Moscow[1]

Ričardas Vaitkevičius (6 May 1933 – 3 January 1996) was a Lithuanian rower who specialized in the eights. In this event he won three silver medal at the European and world championships of 1962–1964[2] and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3] While competing Vaitkevičius also acted as a Soviet rowing coach at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, and he continued coaching and refeering rowing competitions until 1993.[1][4] His elder brother Eugenijus (1931–2011) and wife Irena Bačiulytė were also a competitive rowers and rowing coaches.[5][6]

References

Soviet eight at the 1964 European Championships, Vaitkevičius is second from right
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