Ričardas Vaitkevičius

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Ričardas Vaitkevičius
Personal information
Born6 May 1933
Died3 January 1996 (aged 62)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubŽalgiris Vilnius, Dynamo Moscow[1]
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1962 Lucerne Eight
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1963 Copenhagen Eight
Silver medal – second place 1964 Amsterdam Eight

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 referring 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[]

  1. ^ a b Вайткявичус Ричардас Иванович. Olympic Encyclopedia (2006)
  2. ^ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Achter – Herren Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter) at sport-komplett.de
  3. ^ Ričardas Vaitkevičius at Sports Reference
  4. ^ Vaitkevičius Ričardas. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport
  5. ^ Vaitkevičius Eugenijus. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport
  6. ^ Вайткявичус Евгений Иванович. Olympic Encyclopedia (2006)
Soviet eight at the 1964 European Championships, Vaitkevičius is second from right


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