Ričardas_Vaitkevičius

Ričardas Vaitkevičius

Ričardas Vaitkevičius

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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[3] and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[4] 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.[2][5] His elder brother Eugenijus (1931–2011) and wife Irena Bačiulytė were also a competitive rowers and rowing coaches.[6][7]

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    "RIČARDAS VAITKEVIČIUS". Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija (in Lithuanian).
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    Вайткявичус Ричардас Иванович. Olympic Encyclopedia (2006)
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    Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Achter – Herren Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter) at sport-komplett.de
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    Ričardas Vaitkevičius at Sports Reference
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    Vaitkevičius Ričardas. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport
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    Vaitkevičius Eugenijus. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport
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    Вайткявичус Евгений Иванович. Olympic Encyclopedia (2006)
Soviet eight at the 1964 European Championships, Vaitkevičius is second from right
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