Juris Silovs (Russian: Силов, Юрий Викентьевич; 30 August 1950 – 28 September 2018)[1] was a Latvian athlete from Krāslava who competed for Soviet Union from 1970 til 1978, mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at the VSS Vārpa in Riga.
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| Born | 30 August 1950 Krāslava, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 September 2018 (aged 68) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 4 × 100 metres relay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sports career
editSilovs 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 1973 Universiade in Moscow, winning gold in the 100 m event, as well as silver in the 4x100 m relay team event. He also won gold in 1975 and 1977 in the 4x100 m relay event.
He retired due to trauma in 1978, later becoming a catering entrepreneur.
Personal bests
edit| Event | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 60 m (indoor) | 6.65 s | 9 March 1974 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Latvian record |
| 60 m (hand stopwatch; indoor) | 6.4 s | 4 February 1971 | Moscow, 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 | Moscow, USSR | Latvian record |
| 200 m | 21.3 s | 1973 |
References
edit- ^ "Умер латвийский призер Олимпийских игр Юрий Силов, Mixnews.lv". Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Juris Silovs at World Athletics
- Juris Silovs at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
- Juris Silovs at Olympedia
- Yuris Silovs at Olympics.com
