Zigmas Jukna

Zigmas Jukna

Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavicius, Volodymyr Sterlyk and Juozas Jagelavicius – winners of the 1965 European Championships in the coxless fours
Personal information
Born	13 July 1935 Palūksčiai, Lithuania
Died	7 October 1980 (Aged 45) Vilnius, Lithuania
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Žalgiris Vilnius
Medal record Olympic Games 1960 Rome Coxed pairs 1968 Mexico City Eights World Rowing Championships 1962 Lucerne Eights 1966 Bled Coxless fours European Rowing Championships 1961 Copenhagen Coxed pairs 1965 Duisburg Coxless fours 1967 Vichy Coxed fours 1963 Copenhagen Eights 1964 Amsterdam Eights 1969 Klagenfurt Eights

Zigmas Pranciškus Jukna (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. Between 1961 and 1969 he won three gold and five silver medals at European and world championships. Starting from 1971 he worked as a judge with the International Rowing Federation.

In 1962 Jukna graduated from the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. 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.