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Petras Karla

Petras Karla

Lithuanian rower (1937–1969)

Petras Karla (9 April 1937 – 14 October 1969) was a Lithuanian rower who specialized in the eight event. In this event he won three silver medals at the European and world championships of 1962–1964[1] and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2]

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In 1962, Karla graduated from the Physics Department of Vilnius University.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Achter – Herren Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter) at sport-komplett.de
  2. [2]
    Petras Karla at Sports Reference
  3. [3]
    Karla Petras. Lithuanian Encyclopedia of Sport
Soviet eight at the 1964 European Championships, Karla is second from left
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