Vytautas Girnius (born 4 February 1959) is a retired Lithuanian Paralympic athlete who competed at international track and field competitions.

[1] In 1972, thirteen year old Girnius and a few of his friends played games in his hometown.

The force of the blast killed two of his friends, one aged fifteen and the other thirteen, Girnius lost his eyesight permanently from the explosion.

In 1980, he joined the Kaunas Academy for the Blind and Visually Impaired coached by Jonas Burakov.

Girnius was awarded the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas III in 1996 and the Fair Play Laureate Prize a year later.