Elvīra Anatolyevna Ozoliņa (born October 8, 1939 in Leningrad

Leningrad

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) is a retired Latvia

Latvia

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n (and former Soviet

Soviet Union

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) athlete, who competed in javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

. She won the gold medal

Gold medal

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 for the USSR team

USSR at the Summer Olympics

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 in the 1960 Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

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 and was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

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 that year.

Ozoliņa trained at VSS Burevestnik in Leningrad

Saint Petersburg

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. She is married to Jānis Lūsis

Janis Lusis

Jānis Lūsis is a Latvian athlete who competed in javelin throw.Lūsis trained at Daugava Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society...

, 1968 Olympic

1968 Summer Olympics

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 champion in men's javelin throw. Their son, Voldemārs Lūsis

Voldemars Lusis

Voldemārs Lūsis is a former Latvian athlete, who competed in the javelin throw. He is the son of Jānis Lūsis and Elvīra Ozoliņa. Lūsis finished in eleventh place in 2001 World Championships. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. During his career he was...

, is also a javelin thrower who competed in 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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 and 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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