Juozas Jagelavičius

Lithuanian rower (1939–2000)

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

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

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 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.

References

^ Juozas Jagelavičius. sports-reference.com
^ 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.
^ Jagelavičius Juozapas Aleksandras. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport