Askolds Hermanovskis

Askolds Hermanovskis
Full name	Askolds Fēlikss Hermanovskis
nation	Latvia
birthday	September 19, 1912
place of birth	Riga ,  Latvia
size	173 cm
date of death	18th August 1967
Place of death	New York City ,  United States
Career
discipline	Downhill , slalom
society	Universitātes sports

Askolds Fēlikss Hermanovskis (born September 6 ^{. Jul} / 19th September  1912 ^greg. In Riga ; † 18th August 1967 in New York City ) was a Latvian skier .

life and career

Hermanovskis was born the son of the engineer and politician Teodors Hermanovskis (1883–1964), he had three brothers. In 1931 he graduated from the 1st Riga State High School and then took architecture courses at the University of Latvia , but left the university in 1936 without a degree. In February 1936, the Latvian who was a member of the university sports club, like his compatriot Herberts Bērtulsons, took part in the Alpine Combination of the Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany; he finished 56th in the downhill and was disqualified in the slalom competition in the second run. A few years later, Hermanovskis sailed on a yacht from Plymouth (England) to Massachusetts (United States) and settled in Bermuda . He worked as a bookplate artist and died after a long illness at the age of 54 in New York City .

Web links

• Askolds Hermanovskis in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Askolds Hermanovskis at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (Latvian).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Latvijas Universitāte Studentu datubāze. In: archiv.org.lv , accessed on March 4, 2020.
2. ↑ LATVIEŠU MĀKSLINIEKS BERMUDAS SALĀS. In: Atpūta of January 19, 1940.
3. ↑ Miris Askolds Hermanovskis. In: Laiks of August 26, 1967.