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
Died17 June 2000(2000-06-17) (aged 61)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Alma materVilnius Pedagogical Institute
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubŽalgiris Vilnius
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Eight
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1962 Lucerne Eight
Silver medal – second place 1966 Bled Coxless four
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Duisburg Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1967 Vichy Coxed four
Silver medal – second place 1963 Copenhagen Eight
Silver medal – second place 1964 Amsterdam Eight
Silver medal – second place 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
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