Ričardas Vaitkevičius (6 May 1933 – 3 January 1996) was a Lithuanian rower who specialized in the eights. In this event he won three silver medal at the European and world championships of 1962–1964 and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics. While competing Vaitkevičius also acted as a Soviet rowing coach at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, and he continued coaching and referring rowing competitions until 1993. His elder brother Eugenijus (1931–2011) and wife

Irena Bačiulytė Irena Sonia Bačiulytė (later Vaitkevičienė, 8 January 1939 – 28 March 2024) was a Lithuanian rower who won three European titles in the eights event in 1963, 1965 and 1967; she finished second in 1964 and 1966. In 1962 Bačiulytė graduat ...

were also a competitive rowers and rowing coaches.

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1933 births 1996 deaths Lithuanian male rowers Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union European Rowing Championships medalists {{USSR-rowing-bio-stub