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| Born | 20 December 1949 Kaunas, Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 1976 he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the quadruple sculls event.
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