Ričardas Vaitkevičius

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]

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
1962 LucerneEight
European Rowing Championships
1963 Copenhagen Eight
1964 Amsterdam Eight

References
  1. 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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