Romualdas Vinojinidis is a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed in the early 1970s. He won a silver medal at the

1973 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1973 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in lake Kaukajärvi, Tampere, FinlandKaukajärvi Canoe/Kayak venue on map. The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events wer ...

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

in the C-1 1000 m event.

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* * Living people Lithuanian male canoeists Soviet male canoeists Year of birth missing (living people) Russian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian {{USSR-canoe-bio-stub