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Ričardas Vaitkevičius
Personal information
Born6 May 1933
Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania)
Died3 January 1996 (aged 62)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubŽalgiris Vilnius, Dynamo Moscow

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 and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics. 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. His elder brother Eugenijus (1931–2011) and wife Irena Bačiulytė were also a competitive rowers and rowing coaches.

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


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