Juozas Jagelavičius

Juozas Jagelavičius

Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavicius, Volodymyr Sterlyk and Juozas Jagelavicius – winners of the 1965 European Championships in the coxless fours
Personal information
Born 12 January 1939
Džiuginėnai, Lithuania
Died 17 June 2000 (aged 61)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Žalgiris Vilnius
Medal record
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Eights
World Rowing Championships
1962 Lucerne Eights
1966 Bled Coxless fours
European Rowing Championships
1965 Duisburg Coxless fours
1967 Vichy Coxed fours
1963 Copenhagen Eights
1964 Amsterdam Eights
1969 Klagenfurt Eights

Juozas Aleksandras Jagelavičius (12 January 1939 – 17 June 2000) was a Lithuanian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the coxed eights and finished in fifth and third place, respectively.[1] Between 1963 and 1969 he won two gold and five silver medals at European and world championships.[2] In 1965 Jagelavičius graduated from the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and starting from 1972 worked as a rowing coach.[3] His wife Genovaitė Strigaitė was also an international rower.

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  1. ↑ Juozas Jagelavičius. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Vierer ohne Steuermann, Weltmeisterschaften – Achter – Herren, Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.), Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.), Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter). sport-komplett.de.
  3. ↑ Jagelavičius Juozapas Aleksandras. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport


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