Petras Karla (9 April 1937 – 14 October 1969) was a

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n rower who specialized in the eight event. In this event he won three silver medals at the European and world championships of 1962–1964 and finished fifth at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. In 1962, Karla graduated from the Physics Department of

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1937 births 1969 deaths Lithuanian male rowers Olympic rowers of the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Soviet male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union European Rowing Championships medalists {{USSR-rowing-bio-stub