Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vytautas Butkus (born December 20, 1949) is a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the quadruple sculls event.Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water.