Zigmas Jukna

Zigmas Pranciškus Jukna[3] (13 July 1935 – 7 October 1980) was a Lithuanian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, and finished in second, fifth and third place in the coxed pairs, eights and eights events, respectively.[1] Between 1961 and 1969 he won three gold and five silver medals at European and world championships.[4] Starting from 1971 he worked as a judge with the International Rowing Federation.[5]

Zigmas Jukna
Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavicius, Volodymyr Sterlik and Juozas Jagelavicius at the 1965 European Championships
Personal information
Born(1935-07-13)13 July 1935[1][2]
Palūksčiai, Lithuania[1]
Died7 October 1980(1980-10-07) (aged 45)[1]
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Alma materVilnius Pedagogical Institute
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubŽalgiris Vilnius
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1960 Rome Coxed pair
1968 Mexico City Eight
World Rowing Championships
1962 Lucerne Eight
1966 Bled Coxless four
European Rowing Championships
1961 Prague Coxed pair
1965 Duisburg Coxless four
1967 Vichy Coxed four
1963 Copenhagen Eight
1964 Amsterdam Eight
1969 Klagenfurt Eight

In 1962 Jukna graduated from the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences.[3] He was married to Irena Jukna, also a competitive rower; they had a son. In the late 1970s Jukna was diagnosed with a brain tumor and died in 1980 after two operations.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zigmas Jukna". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. Zigmas Jukna at FISA WorldRowing.com
  3. Jukna Pranciškus Zigmas. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport
  4. Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Vierer ohne Steuermann, Weltmeisterschaften – Achter – Herren Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.), Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.), Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.), Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter). sport-komplett.de.
  5. "Zigmas Jukna" in Encyclopedia of Soviet Lithuania, Vol. 2: Grūdas–Marvelis (1986)
  6. Antanas Bagdonavičius. Портрет друга Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. ukrrowing.com.ua
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