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Jānis Lūsis
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Latvia
- Active from
- 1908-12-30
- Active to
- 1993-11-04
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1939-05-19 ) 19 May 1939 , Jelgava , Latvia
- Died
- 29 April 2020 (2020-04-29) (aged 80), Riga , Latvia
- Height
- 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
- Weight
- 90 kg (198 lb)
- Spouse
- Elvīra Ozoliņa
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Javelin throw
- Personal best
- 93.80 m (1972)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jānis
- Family name
- Lūsis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Latvia
- Place of birth
- Jelgava
- Place of death
- Riga
- Spouse
- Elvīra Ozoliņa
- Child
- Voldemārs Lūsis
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Latvian
- Participant in
- 1964 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Mass
- 90
- Image
- Janis Lusis 2011-03-23.jpg
- Height
- 180
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- date of birth
- 1939-05-19
- Commons category
- Jānis Lūsis
- sports discipline competed in
- javelin throw
- name in native language
- Jānis Lūsis
- date of death
- 2020-04-29
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Encyclopedic overview
Updated on 17 July 2024
Jānis Lūsis (19 May 1939 – 29 April 2020) was a Latvian track and field athlete who competed in javelin throw.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jānis Lūsis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.