Antanas Bagdonavičius
Antanas Bagdonavičius ( Russian Антанас Леонович Багдонавичюс ; born June 15, 1938 in Bobėnai , Utena district , Lithuania ) is a former Soviet rower who won nine international medals in the 1960s.
Athletic career
The 1.87 m tall Antanas Bagdonavičius from Žalgiris Vilnius won his first international medal at the 1960 Olympic Games , when he won silver in two with coxswain behind the German two with Zigmas Jukna and helmsman Igor Rudakow . Bagdonavičius rowed with Zigmas Jukna until the end of his sporting career in 1968. In 1961 Jukna and Bagdonavičius won their first European championship with Gerdas Morhus in a controlled two-man. In 1962, the two Lithuanian rowers switched to eighth and won silver at the first rowing world championships . Also at the European rowing championships in 1963 and 1964, the Soviet eighth won the silver medal behind the Germany eighth . With fifth place in eighth, the 1964 Olympic Games were Bagdonavičius' only medalless international rowing championship.
In 1965 Wolodymyr Sterlyk , Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna and Juozas Jagelavičius switched from eight to four without a helmsman and won gold in this boat class at the European Championships in 1965 and World Championship silver in 1966 behind the boat from the GDR . In 1967 the four rowers with helmsman Juri Lorenzson won the European championship in the four with helmsman . After bronze in eighth behind the Germany eighth and the Australians at the 1968 Olympic Games , Bagdonavičius ended his active career. Both Jukna and Bagdonavičius were active as officials in rowing after their careers.
International medals
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships)
- OS 1960 : Silver in two with helmsman (Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna and helmsman Igor Rudakow )
- EM 1961 : Gold in two with helmsman (Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna and helmsman Gerdas Morhus )
- World Cup 1962 : Silver in the eighth ( Richardas Vaitkiavicius , Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna, Wiktor Semjonow , Vytautas Briedis , Patras Karla , Jaroslaw Tscherschtwij , Juozas Jagelavičius and helmsman Juri Lorenzson )
- EM 1963 : silver in the eighth (Richardas Vaitkiavicius, Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna, Juri Suslin , Wolodymyr Sterlyk , Patras Karla, Vytautas Briedis, Juozas Jagelavičius and helmsman Juri Lorenzson)
- EM 1964 : silver in the eighth (Richardas Vaitkiavicius, Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna, Juri Suslin, Wolodymyr Sterlyk, Patras Karla, Vytautas Briedis, Juozas Jagelavičius and helmsman Juri Lorenzson)
- EM 1965 : Gold in the four without a helmsman (Wolodymyr Sterlyk, Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna, Juozas Jagelavičius)
- 1966 World Cup : Silver in a four without a helmsman (Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavičius, Wolodymyr Sterlyk, Juozas Jagelavičius)
- EM 1967 : Gold in a foursome with helmsman (Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavičius, Wolodymyr Sterlyk, Juozas Jagelavičius and helmsman Juri Lorenzon)
- OS 1968 : bronze in figure eight (Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavičius, Wolodymyr Sterlyk, Juozas Jagelavičius, Vytautas Briedis, Walentin Kravchuk , Alexander Martyschkin , Wiktor Suslin and helmsman Juri Lorenzson)
Web links
- Antanas Bagdonavičius in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ European championships in two with a helmsman
- ↑ European Championships in the eighth
- ↑ European championships in foursome without a helmsman
- ↑ European championships in four with a helmsman
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bagdonavičius, Antanas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bagdonavičius, Antanas Leonowitsch; Багдонавичюс, Антанас Леонович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bobėnai , Utena District Parish , Lithuania |