Antanas Leonovich Bagdonavichyus ( June 15, 1938 , Bobenai , Lithuania ) - Soviet rower , silver medalist of the 1960 Olympic Games in the class of double oars and helmsman, bronze medalist of the 1968 Olympics in the eights class.
One of the three rowers of the USSR ( Zigmas Yukna , Valery Dolinin ) who won two Olympic medals in rowing .
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1965).
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| A country |  the USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specialization | rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Zalgiris Vilnius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | June 15, 1938 (81 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Bobenai , Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 190 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards and medals
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Biography
In the fall of 1959, Bagdonavichus and Yukna fell to the training camp of the country's strongest team. The following year, Bagdonavichus and Yukna defended the honor of the USSR at the Olympic Games in Rome in the class of double oars with a steering. Few people expected victory from athletes who came to rowing three years ago, but the Soviet crew was the first and only at the last 500 meters the team from Germany was let forward. In the summer of 1961, Yuknu and Bagdonavichus were invited to the Zalgiris Eight.
Two-time silver medalist of the world championships, European champion (1961, 1965, 1967), silver medalist of the European championship (1963, 1964), ten-time champion of the USSR.
Awards
- Certificate of honor of the President of the Russian Federation ( July 30, 2010 ) - for his great contribution to the development of cooperation with the Russian Federation in the field of sports [1]