Asteroids named after people called Danas
(724932) Pozniakas
Danas Pozniakas (1939–2005) was a Lithuanian heavyweight boxer and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics. Pozniakas was also a two-time European champion and a prominent figure in international boxing during the 1960s. Pozniakas is remembered as one of Lithuania’s greatest boxers of all time.Discovered 31 August 2008 by Cernis, K., Zdanavicius, J., Moletai