Dmitrijs Milkevics
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Dmitrijs Miļkevičs is a Latvia
n athlete competing in 400 m and 800 m.
championships, while competing for the University of Nebraska. In the 2004 Summer Olympics
, he was 14th in the 800 meters. Latvian record holder in 800m distance with a result 1:43.67. Did it in year 2006.
After Milkevics found out that, due to lack of funds, Latvian Athletics Union wasn't able to pay for Latvian delegation's
start at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, he decided not to compete.
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n athlete competing in 400 m and 800 m.
Biography
Miļkevičs ran a career-best 46.44 in the 400 meters at the 2003 European U-23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He has won one NCAANational Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
championships, while competing for the University of Nebraska. In the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, he was 14th in the 800 meters. Latvian record holder in 800m distance with a result 1:43.67. Did it in year 2006.
After Milkevics found out that, due to lack of funds, Latvian Athletics Union wasn't able to pay for Latvian delegation's
Latvia at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics
Latvia was represented by 21 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, including also the defending European champion in 110 metres hurdles Staņislavs Olijars....
start at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, he decided not to compete.
Personal bests
- 400 m
- Indoor - 47.61 (2002)
- Outdoor - 46.44 (2003)
- 600y
- Indoor - 1:08.67 (2004)
- 600 m
- Indoor - 1:15.60 (2005)
- 800 m
- Indoor - 1:45.72 (2008)
- Outdoor - 1:43.67 (2006)
- 1000 m
- Indoor - 2:22.82 (2005)
Achievements
- 2002
- European Indoor Championships - ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
- 400 m, 19th, (47.61 seconds), PB
- European Championships in AthleticsEuropean Championships in AthleticsThe European Athletics Championships is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. It is organised every four years, the same year as the Commonwealth Games and between the Summer Olympic Games cycle. After the 2010 Championships in Barcelona, the European Championships will take...
- Munchen, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
- 400 m, 23rd, (46.87 seconds)
- European Indoor Championships - Vienna
- 2003
- European U-23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
- 400 m ', (46.44 seconds) PB
- European U-23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland
- 2004
- Big 12 ConferenceBig 12 ConferenceThe Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
Indoor championships - United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- 800 m, 1st, (1:48.82)
- NCAANational Collegiate Athletic AssociationThe National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Indoor Championships - United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- 800 m, 6th, (1:48.97)
- Big 12 ConferenceBig 12 ConferenceThe Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
Outdoor Championships - United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- 800 m, 2nd, (1:48.07)
- NCAANational Collegiate Athletic AssociationThe National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Outdoor Championships - United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- 800 m, 6th, (1:47.51)
- Summer Olympic GamesSummer Olympic GamesThe Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
- AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
- 800 m, 14th, (1:46.62)
- Big 12 Conference
- 2005
- European Indoor Championships - MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
- 800 m, 14th, (1:51.61)
- Big 12 ConferenceBig 12 ConferenceThe Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
Outdoor Championships - United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- 800 m, 2nd, (1:45.10)
- NCAANational Collegiate Athletic AssociationThe National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Outdoor Championships - United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- 800 m, 1st, (1:44.74) PB
- World Championships in Athletics - HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
- 800 m, 42nd, (1:50.44)
- European Indoor Championships - Madrid
- 2006
- World Indoor Championships2006 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsThe 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport arena....
- MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
- 800 m 4th, (1:48.01)
- European Athletics Championships - GothenburgGothenburgGothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
- 800 m, 4th, (1:46.70)
- World Indoor Championships