Juris Silovs (athlete)

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Juris Silovs
Personal information
Born(1950-08-30)30 August 1950
Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Latvia)
Died28 September 2018(2018-09-28) (aged 68)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event4 × 100 metres relay
Medal record
Men's
Athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 4x100 m relay
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1973 Moscow 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1975 Rome 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1977 Sofia 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1973 Moscow 4x100 m relay

Juris Silovs (

VSS Vārpa in Riga
.

Sports career

Silovs competed for the USSR in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 4 x 100 metre relay, where he won the silver medal with his teammates Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Lovetskiy and Valeriy Borzov. He returned for the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal in the 4 x 100 metre relay, where the team won the bronze medal with Aleksandr Aksinin, Nikolay Kolesnikov and Valeriy Borzov.[2]

Silovs also competed in the

4x100 m relay
event.

He retired due to trauma in 1978, later becoming a catering entrepreneur.

Personal bests

Event Time Date Location Notes
60 m
(indoor)		 6.65 s 9 March 1974 Gothenburg, Sweden Latvian record
60 m
(hand stopwatch; indoor)		 6.4 s 4 February 1971
USSR
 Latvian record
100 m
 10.33 s 17 August 1973
100 m
(hand stopwatch)		 10.1 s 1974
100 m
(indoor)		 10.66 s 1 March 1978
USSR
 Latvian record
200 m
 21.3 s 1973

References

  1. ^ "Умер латвийский призер Олимпийских игр Юрий Силов, Mixnews.lv". Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juris Silovs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

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