Juozas Jagelavičius

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 eight 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 Vilnius Pedagogical Institute and starting from 1972 worked as a rowing coach.[3] His wife Genovaitė Strigaitė was also an international rower.

Juozas Jagelavičius

Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavicius, Volodymyr Sterlik and Juozas Jagelavicius – winners of the 1965 European Championships in the coxless fours
Personal information
Born	(1939-01-12)12 January 1939 Džiuginėnai, Lithuania
Died	17 June 2000(2000-06-17) (aged 61) Vilnius, Lithuania
Alma mater	Vilnius Pedagogical Institute
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 Eight World Rowing Championships 1962 Lucerne Eight 1966 Bled Coxless four European Rowing Championships 1965 Duisburg Coxless four 1967 Vichy Coxed four 1963 Copenhagen Eight 1964 Amsterdam Eight 1969 Klagenfurt Eight

References

1. Juozas Jagelavičius. sports-reference.com
2. Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Vierer ohne Steuermann, Weltmeisterschaften – Achter – Herren Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.), Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.), Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter). sport-komplett.de.
3. Jagelavičius Juozapas Aleksandras. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport

External links

• Media related to Juozas Jagelavičius at Wikimedia Commons
• Juozas Jagelavičius at FISA WorldRowing.com