Romualdas "Romas" Petrukanecas (born 16 May 1973) is a
Lithuania
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sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
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who competed in the early to mid-2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m event at the
2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Seville, Spain.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all in kayak.
This was the 32nd champi ...
in
Seville
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Romas Petrukanecas also win overall World Cup in 2002. And bronze medal in the K-1 200 m events at the 2002 Europeans Championship in Seget (Hungary)
Petrukanecas also competed in the
K-1 1000 m event at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens, but was eliminated in the semifinals.
He is currently the Head coach of the Lithuanian kayak team.
Coaching career:
*2006 European Championship, Račice (Czech republic), K-2 200 m A. Duonela - E. Balciunas - silver medal;
*2006 World Championship, Szeged (Hungary), K-1 200 m A. Duonela - 7th, K-2 500 m A. Duonela - E. Balciunas - 9th;
*2007 European Championship, Pontevedra (Spain), K-2 200 m A. Duonela -E. Balciunas -5th, K-2 500 m A. Duonela -E. Balciunas - 6th;
*2007 World Championship, Duisburg (Germany), K-2 500 m A. Duonela - E. Balciunas - 4th;
*2008 European U23 Championship, Szeget (Hungary), K-1 500 m R. Malinauskas - bronze medal;
*2012 European Championship, Zagreb (Croatia) K-2 200 m E. Balciunas - I. Navakauskas - 4th; K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - 6th;
*2012 Olympic Games, London (Great Britain) K-1 200 m E. Balciunas - 10th;
*2013 World Universiade, Kazan (Russia), K-1 200 m I.Navakauskas - gold medal;
*2013 World Championship, Duisburg (Germany) K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - 5th;
*2014 European Championship, Branderburg (Germany) K-2 200 m A.Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - silver medal; K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - 7th;
*2014 World Championship, Moscow (Russia) K-2 200 m A.Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - 5th; K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - 5th;
*2015 European Championship, Račice (Czech republic), K-2 200 m A.Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - bronze medal; K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - bronze medal;
*2015 I European Games, Baku (Azerbaijan), K-1 200 I. Navakauskas - 5th;
*2015 World Championship, Milano (Italy), K-2 200 m A.Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - 6th; K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - 4th;
*2016 European Championship, Moscow (Russia), K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - A. Rumjancevs (Latvia) bronze medals, K-2 200 m A. Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - 9th;
*2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),K-2 200 m A.Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - bronze medal; K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - 9th;
*2017 World U23 Championship, Pitesti (Romania), K-1 200 m A. Seja - silver medal;
*2017 European Championship, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), K-1 200 m A. Seja - 6th;
*2017 World Championship, Račice (Czech republic), K-2 200 m A. Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - 9th; K-4 500 m A. Lankas - M. Maldonis - E. Ramanauskas - S. Maldonis - 9th;
*2018 European Championship, Belgrade (Serbia), K-1 200 m A. Seja - silver medal;
*2018 European U23 Championship, Auronzo di Cadore (Italy), K-1 200 m A. Seja - silver medal;
*2018 World U23 Championship, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), K-1 200 m A. Seja - gold medal;
*2018 World Championship, Montemor - O - Velho (Portugal). K-2 200 m E. Ramanauskas - I. Navakauskas - 6th;
*2018 World Championship, Montemor - O - Velho (Portugal), K-1 200 m A. Seja - silver medal;
*2019 II European Games, Minsk (Belarus), K-1 200 m A. Seja - 5th;
*2019 World Championship, Szeged (Hungary), K-1 200 m A. Seja - 8th;
*2021 European Championship, Poznan (Poland), K-2 200 m A. Seja - I. Navakauskas - silver medal;
*2021 European Championship, Poznan (Poland), K-4 500 m A. Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - I. Navakauskas - S. Maldonis - 7th;
*2021 European Championship, Poznan (Poland), K-2 500 m S. Maldonis - M. Maldonis - 8th;
*2021 Olympic Games, Tokyo (Japan), K-1 200 m M. Maldonis - 10th;
*2021 World Championship, Copenhagen (Denmark), K-1 200 A. Seja - 8th;
*2021 World Championship, Copenhagen (Denmark), K-4 500 S. Maldonis, M. Maldonis, I. Navakauskas, A.Seja - 5th;
*2022 World Championship, Halifax (Canada), K-2 500 M. Maldonis (with A. Olijnik) - silver medal;
*2022 European Championship, Munich (Germany), K-2 500 M. Maldonis (with A. Olijnik) - bronze medal;
K-2 200 A. Seja - I. Navakauskas - bronze medal;
K-4 500 S. Maldonis - M. Maldonis - I. Navakauskas - A. Seja - 6 th;
*2023 European Championship, Cracow (Poland), K-2 500 M. Maldonis (with A. Olijnik) - 5 th; K-4 500 S. Maldonis - M. Maldonis - I. Navakauskas - A. Seja - 9 th;
*2023 World Championship, Duisburg (Germany), K-4 500 S. Maldonis - M. Maldonis - I. Navakauskas - A. Seja - 6 th;
*2023 World Championship, Duisburg (Germany), K-1 200 A. Seja - gold medal;
*2023 World Championship, Duisburg (Germany), K-2 500 M. Maldonis (with A. Olijnik) - 7th;
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Sports-reference.com profile
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1973 births
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Lithuanian male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Lithuania
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak