Ričardas Vaitkevičius
Ričardas Vaitkevičius was a Lithuanian rower who specialized in the eights. In this event he won three silver medal at the European and world championships of 1962–1964 and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics. While competing Vaitkevičius also acted as a Soviet rowing coach at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, and he continued coaching and referring rowing competitions until 1993. His elder brother Eugenijus and wife Irena Bačiulytė were also a competitive rowers and rowing coaches.
