Juris Silovs (athlete)

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.

Juris Silovs
Personal information
Born(1950-08-30)30 August 1950
Krāslava, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Latvia)
Died28 September 2018(2018-09-28) (aged 68)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)4 × 100 metres relay
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal4x100 m relay
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place1973 Moscow100 m
Gold medal – first place1975 Rome4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place1977 Sofia4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place1973 Moscow4x100 m relay

Sports career

Silovs 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.

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
EventTimeDateLocationNotes
60 m (indoor)6.65 s9 March 1974Gothenburg, SwedenLatvian record
60 m (hand stopwatch; indoor)6.4 s4 February 1971Moscow, USSRLatvian record
100 m10.33 s17 August 1973
100 m (hand stopwatch)10.1 s1974
100 m (indoor)10.66 s1 March 1978Moscow, USSRLatvian record
200 m21.3 s1973

References
  1. "Умер латвийский призер Олимпийских игр Юрий Силов, Mixnews.lv". Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
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