Antanas Bagdonavičius (15 June 1938 – 9 March 2024) was a Lithuanian

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. He competed for the

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at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the

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s in 1960 (with

Zigmas Jukna Zigmas Pranciškus Jukna (13 July 1935 – 7 October 1980) was a Lithuanian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, and finished in second, fifth and third place in the coxed pairs, eights and eights ...

) 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 the

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. He retired from competitions around the late 1960s, and beginning in 1970 worked as a rowing coach, referee and functionary in

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. He was noted for his calm behavior in any stressful situation. Bagdonavičius died on 9 March 2024, at the age of 85.

Publications

* A. Bagdonavičius (1974
''Žvilgsnis nuo kranto''
(in Lithuanian). Gera. * A. Bagdonavičius (1983)

'' (in Russian). Fizkultura i Sport, Moscow. * A. Bagdonavičius (2008) ''Charta Solemnis. Pro Meritis Olimpicis'' (in Lithuanian). * A. Bagdonavičius (2013) ''Olimpiniai žiedai'' (in Lithuanian).

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* * 1938 births 2024 deaths People from Utena District Municipality Sportspeople from Utena County Lithuanian male rowers Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Soviet male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR European Rowing Championships medalists {{USSR-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub