Zigmas Pranciškus Jukna[3] (13 July 1935 – 7 October 1980) was a Lithuanianrower. 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]
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]
