Vladas Česiūnas

Vladas Česiūnas
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
1972 MunichC-2 1000 m
World Championships
1973 TampereC-2 10000 m
1974 Mexico CityC-2 1000 m
1974 Mexico CityC-2 10000 m
1975 BelgradeC-2 10000 m
1973 TampereC-2 1000 m
1971 BelgradeC-1 1000 m

Vladislovas Česiūnas (15 March 1940 – 16 January 2023) was a Lithuanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s, representing the Soviet Union. He won one Olympic medal and six ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals during his career. He later became known for his role in "The Česiūnas Affair" when he defected from the 1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, West Germany only to return to the Soviet Union afterward for his "misconduct".