Romas Petrukanecas

Lithuanian canoeist

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Romas Petrukanecas
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
	2002 Seville	K-1 200 m
European Championships
	2002 Szeged	K-1 200 m

Romualdas "Romas" Petrukanecas (born 16 May 1973) is a Lithuanian sprint canoeist 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 in Seville. 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 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 European Championship, Račice (Czech republic), K-2 500 m A. Duonela - E. Balciunas - 5th;
2006 World Championship, Szeged (Hungary), K-1 200 m A. Duonela - 7th,
2006 World Championship, Szeged (Hungary), K-2 500 m A. Duonela - E. Balciunas - 9th;
2006 World Championship, Szeged (Hungary), K-4 500 m R. Petrukanecas, A. Radzevic, J. Vaiciulis, R. Malinauskas - 9th;
2007 European Championship, Pontevedra (Spain), K-2 200 m A. Duonela -E. Balciunas - 5th,
2007 European Championship, Pontevedra (Spain),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;
2012 European Championship, Zagreb (Croatia), 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;
2014 European Championship, Branderburg (Germany), K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - 7th;
2014 World Championship, Moscow (Russia), K-2 200 m A.Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - 5th;
2014 World Championship, Moscow (Russia), K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - 5th;
2015 European Championship, Račice (Czech republic), K-2 200 m A.Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - bronze medal;
2015 European Championship, Račice (Czech republic), 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-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - 4th;
2015 World Championship, Milano (Italy), K-2 200 m A.Lankas - E. Ramanauskas - 6th;
2016 European Championship, Moscow (Russia), K-1 200 m I. Navakauskas - A. Rumjancevs (Latvia) bronze medals,
2016 European Championship, Moscow (Russia),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;
2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 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;
2017 World Championship, Račice (Czech republic), 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;
2022 European Championship, Munich (Germany), K-2 200 A. Seja - I. Navakauskas - bronze medal;
2022 European Championship, Munich (Germany), K-4 500 S. Maldonis - M. Maldonis - I. Navakauskas - A. Seja - 6th;
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 - 9th;
2023 World Championship, Duisburg (Germany), K-4 500 S. Maldonis - M. Maldonis - I. Navakauskas - A. Seja - 6th;
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;
2024 European Championship, Szeged (Hungary), K-2 500 M. Maldonis (with A. Olijnik) - bronze medal;
2024 European Championship, Szeged (Hungary), K-1 200 I. Navakauskas - 5th;
2024 European Championship, Szeged (Hungary), K-4 500 S. Maldonis, M. Maldonis, I. Navakauskas, A. Seja - 6th;
2024 European Championship, Szeged (Hungary), K-2 200 A. Seja, S. Maldonis - 9th;
2024 Olympic games, Paris (France), K-4 500 S. Maldonis, M. Maldonis, I. Navakauskas, A. Seja - 5th;

References

ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
Sports-reference.com profile