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Juozas Jagelavičius

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Juozas Jagelavičius
Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavicius, Volodymyr Sterlyk and Juozas Jagelavicius – winners of the 1965 European Championships in the coxless fours
Personal information
Born12 January 1939
Džiuginėnai, Lithuania
Died17 June 2000 (aged 61)
Vilnius, Lithuania
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 Eights
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1962 Lucerne Eights
Silver medal – second place 1966 Bled Coxless fours
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Duisburg Coxless fours
Gold medal – first place 1967 Vichy Coxed fours
Silver medal – second place 1963 Copenhagen Eights
Silver medal – second place 1964 Amsterdam Eights
Silver medal – second place 1969 Klagenfurt Eights

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 eights 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 Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and starting from 1972 worked as a rowing coach.[3] His wife Genovaitė Strigaitė was also an international rower.

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