Juris Bērziņš

Juris Bērziņš ( Russian Юрис Берзиньш ; born March 8, 1954 in Riga , Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic ) is a former Soviet helmsman in rowing . He won an Olympic silver medal and three medals at world championships.

The four-man with helmsman from Dinamo Riga with Artūrs Garonskis , Dzintars Krišjānis , Dimants Krišjānis , Žoržs Tikmers and the 1.54 m helmsman Juris Bērziņš rowed to second place behind the four-man from the GDR at the 1979 World Championships in Bled. In the same line-up, the Latvians who started for the Soviet Union also won the silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , again only the GDR foursome was ahead of them. With Viktor Omeljanowytsch for Garonskis, the Soviet four took third place behind the boats from the GDR and the USA at the 1981 World Championships in Munich. In 1982, the members of the 1981 four rowed eighth, behind the New Zealanders and the GDR eighth, the Soviet eighth won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Lucerne . 1983 Juris Bērziņš was fourth again with the eighth at the world championships in Duisburg .

Web links

• Juris Bērziņš in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Juris Bērziņš at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )