Arnolds Krūkliņš

Arnolds Krūkliņš (19 February 1914 – 31 January 1994)[1][2] was a Latvian racewalker. He was several times Latvian and USSR champion in racewalking and competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Arnolds Krūkliņš
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born(1914-02-19)19 February 1914
Suntaži Parish, Latvia
Died31 January 1994(1994-01-31) (aged 79)
Riga, Latvia
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Racewalking
ClubLAS Daugava

Life and career

Krūkliņš was born in Suntaži Parish.[2][3]

He won the Latvian championship in the 50 km walk in 1935, when he was 21.[2] In 1936, he was one of three Latvians competing in the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics in Berlin; he was disqualified.[1][3][4][5]

He subsequently won the Latvian championship in the 10 km walk in 1941 (under wartime occupation) and 1948 (Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic), in the 30 km walk in 1945 and 1948 (Latvian SSR), and in the 5 km walk in 1949 (Latvian SSR),[3][4] and four USSR national championships: 10 km in 1945, 20 km in 1945 and 1946, and 50 km in 1948.[2][3][4] He set three Latvian speedwalking records: over 3000 m in 1943 and over 5000 m in 1942 and 1945.[2][3]

He died in 1994 in Riga, where he is buried in the Forest Cemetery.[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arnolds Krūkliņš Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. "Arnolds Krūkliņš. Latviešu 'čempionu paaudzes' soļotājs". Sportazinas (in Latvian). 20 February 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. "Arnolds Krūkliņš" (in Latvian). Latvian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021.
  4. "Arnolds Krūkliņš". Latvijas Enciklopēdija (in Latvian). 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2022 – via Ogres Centrālā bibliotēka.
  5. Regīna Valtenberga (13 January 2010). "Valmiera". Zurbu (in Latvian). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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