Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Julius Vytautas•Briedis |
Used name | Vytautas•Briedis |
Other names | Vitautas Yulianovich Briedis, Витаутас Юлианович Бриедис |
Born | 27 August 1940 in Nausėdžiai, Panevėžys (LTU) |
Died | 22 September 2019 in Vilnius, Vilnius (LTU) |
Measurements | 189 cm / 88 kg |
Affiliations | Žalgiris Vilnius, Vilnius (LTU) |
NOC | Soviet Union |
Nationality | Lithuania |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 1 |
Total | 1 |
Vytautas Briedis began competitive rowing at age 15. At the 1962 World Rowing Championship in Lucerne, he won a silver medal in the eight. In the same discipline, he won silver medals at the European Champions in 1963 (Køpenhavn) and 1964 (Amsterdam). Briedis won six Soviet Championship titles. In 1980-88, he served as the head coach of the Lithuanian rowing team, leading them to 39 various awards at competitions in the USSR. In 1988 he was a leader in the resurrection of the Lithuanian Olympic Committee.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1964 Summer Olympics | Rowing | URS | LTU | Vytautas Briedis | |||
Eights, Men (Olympic) | Soviet Union | 5 | |||||
1968 Summer Olympics | Rowing | URS | LTU | Vytautas Briedis | |||
Eights, Men (Olympic) | Soviet Union | 3 | Bronze |