Voldemars Lusis
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Voldemārs Lūsis is a former Latvia
n 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 coached by Valentīna Eiduka
.
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, who competed in the 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...
. He is the son of 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...
and Elvīra Ozoliņa
Elvira Ozolina
Elvīra Anatolyevna Ozoliņa is a retired Latvian athlete, who competed in javelin throw. She won the gold medal for the USSR team in the 1960 Olympics and was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour that year.Ozoliņa trained at VSS Burevestnik in Leningrad...
. Lūsis finished in eleventh place in 2001 World Championships
2001 World Championships in Athletics
The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...
. He competed at the 2000
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
and 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...
without reaching the final. During his career he was coached by Valentīna Eiduka
Valentīna Eiduka
Valentīna Eiduka is a retired Latvian javelin thrower. Currently she is the coach of several notable Latvian javelin throwers, including Olympic medalists Vadims Vasiļevskis and Ainārs Kovals....
.
Achievements
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 20th | 75.14 m |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 18th | 80.08 m |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 11th | 79.70 m |
| 2003 | World Championships 2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Track:... |
Paris, France | 19th | 75.15 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 17th | 79.27 m |