Antanas Bagdonavičius

Antanas Leonovich Bagdonavičius (born 15 June 1938) is a retired Lithuanian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the coxed pairs in 1960 (with Zigmas Jukna) finishing in fifth and third place in the eights in 1964 and 1968, respectively.[1] Between 1961 and 1967 he won three gold and four silver medals at European and world championships.[2]

Antanas Bagdonavičius
Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavicius, Volodymyr Sterlik and Juozas Jagelavičius – winners of the 1965 European Championships in the coxless fours
Personal information
Born (1938-06-15) June 15, 1938
Bobėnai, Lithuania
Alma materVilnius State University
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubŽalgiris Vilnius
Medal record
Olympic Games
1960 Rome Coxed pair
1968 Mexico City Eight
World Rowing Championships
1962 Lucerne Eight
1966 Bled Coxless four
European Rowing Championships
1961 Prague Coxed pair
1965 Duisburg Coxless four
1967 Vichy Coxed four
1963 Copenhagen Eight
1964 Amsterdam Eight

In 1963 Bagdonavičius graduated from the Physics Department of the Vilnius State University. He retired from competitions around the late 1960s, and since 1970 worked as a rowing coach, referee and functionary in Vilnius.[3] He was noted for his calm behavior in any stressing situation.[4]

Publications
  • A. Bagdonavičius (1974) Žvilgsnis nuo kranto (in Lithuanian). Gera.
  • A. Bagdonavičius (1983) Взгляд с берега (in Russian). Fizkultura i Sport, Moscow.
  • A. Bagdonavičius (2008) Charta Solemnis. Pro Meritis Olimpicis (in Lithuanian).
  • A. Bagdonavičius (2013) Olimpiniai žiedai (in Lithuanian).

References
  1. Antanas Bagdonavičius. sports-reference.com
  2. Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Vierer ohne Steuermann, Weltmeisterschaften – Achter – Herren Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.), Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.), Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.), Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter). sport-komplett.de.
  3. Bagdonavičius Antanas. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport
  4. Anatoliy Sass Предисловие Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. ukrrowing.com.ua
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