Irena Bačiulytė

Irena Bačiulytė

Soviet eight at the 1965 European Championships, Bačiulytė is 3rd from left
Personal information
Born	8 January 1939 (1939-01-08) (age 77) Kybartai, Lithuania
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union European Rowing Championships 1963 Moscow Eights 1964 Amsterdam Eights 1965 Duisburg Eights 1966 Amsterdam Eights 1967 Vichy Eights

Irena Sonia Bačiulytė (later Vaitkevičienė, born 8 January 1939) is a retired Lithuanian rower who won three European titles in the eights event in 1963, 1965 and 1967; she finished second in 1964 and 1966.^[1] In 1962 Bačiulytė graduated from the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and later worked as a rowing coach in Vilnus. Her husband Ričardas Vaitkevičius was also an international rower and rowing coach.^[2]

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