Artūras Vieta

{{short description|Lithuanian sprint canoeist (born 1961)}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}

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{{MedalGold|1987 Duisburg|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalGold|1989 Plovdiv|K-4 10000 m}}

{{MedalGold|1990 Poznań|K-4 10000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1983 Tampere|K-1 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1983 Tampere|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1985 Mechelen|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1989 Plovdiv|K-2 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|1990 Poznań|K-2 1000 m}}

{{MedalBronze|1983 Tampere|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalBronze|1987 Duisburg|K-4 1000 m}}

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Artūras Vieta (born May 31, 1961) is a Lithuanian sprint canoeist, born in Šiauliai. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-4 500 m: 1987, K-4 10000 m: 1989, 1990), three silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1983, K-2 1000 m: 1989, 1990; K-4 500 m: 1983, K-4 1000 m: 1985), and two bronzes (K-4 1000 m: 1985, 1987). At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he competed for Lithuania and finished ninth in both the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events.

References

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Category:1961 births

Category:Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Lithuanian male canoeists

Category:Soviet male canoeists

Category:Living people

Category:Olympic canoeists for Lithuania

Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak

Category:Sportspeople from Šiauliai

Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR

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