Antanas Bagdonavičius

Antanas Bagdonavičius

Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavicius, Volodymyr Sterlyk and Juozas Jagelavicius – winners of the 1965 European Championships in the coxless fours
Personal information
Born	15 June 1938 (1938-06-15) (age 78) Bobėnai, Lithuania
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Žalgiris Vilnius
Medal record Olympic Games 1960 Rome Coxed pairs 1968 Mexico City Eights World Rowing Championships 1962 Lucerne Eights 1966 Bled Coxless fours European Rowing Championships 1961 Copenhagen Coxed pairs 1965 Duisburg Coxless fours 1967 Vichy Coxed fours 1963 Copenhagen Eights 1964 Amsterdam Eights

Antanas 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. Between 1961 and 1967 he won three gold and four silver medals at European and world championships.

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