Jānis Bojārs

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Jānis Bojārs ( May 12, 1956 - June 5, 2018 ) was a Latvian shot putter who started for the Soviet Union .

At the European Athletics Championships in Athens in 1982 , he won silver.

In 1983 he won the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Budapest and was fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki . He defended his title at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg in 1984 .

In 1985 he won bronze at the World Indoor Athletics Games in Paris and came fourth at the European Indoor Championships in Piraeus . At the European Indoor Championships in Madrid in 1986 , he repeated his fourth place.

In 1983 he became the Soviet champion. In the hall he won the Soviet championship title four times (1981-1983, 1986).

Personal best

  • Shot put: 21.74 m, July 14, 1984, Riga
    • Hall: 21.25 m, February 17, 1984, Moscow

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Miris visu laiku labākais Latvijas lodes grūdējs Jānis Bojārs. In: delfi.lv. June 5, 2018, accessed June 7, 2018 (Latvian).
  2. ^ Gbrathletics: Soviet Championships
  3. ^ Gbrathletics: Soviet Indoor Championships
personal data
SURNAME Bojārs, Jānis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian shot putter
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1956
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 2018