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]
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union World Rowing Championships 1962 Lucerne Eights European Rowing Championships 1963 Copenhagen Eights 1964 Amsterdam Eights

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

1. Вайткявичус Ричардас Иванович. Olympic Encyclopedia (2006)
2. Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Achter – Herren, 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