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]

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Zigmas Jukna

Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavicius, Volodymyr Sterlik and Juozas Jagelavicius at the 1965 European Championships
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Born	(1935-07-13)13 July 1935[1][2] Palūksčiai, Lithuania[1]
Died	7 October 1980(1980-10-07) (aged 45)[1] Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Alma mater	Vilnius Pedagogical Institute
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Žalgiris 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

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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]