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Juris Silovs (athlete)

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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
Event4 × 100 metres relay
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 4x100 m relay
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1973 Moscow 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1975 Rome 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1977 Sofia 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1973 Moscow 4x100 m relay

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.

Sports career

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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.[2]

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

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Event Time Date Location Notes
60 m (indoor) 6.65 s 9 March 1974 Gothenburg, Sweden Latvian record
60 m (hand stopwatch; indoor) 6.4 s 4 February 1971 Moscow, USSR Latvian record
100 m 10.33 s 17 August 1973
100 m (hand stopwatch) 10.1 s 1974
100 m (indoor) 10.66 s 1 March 1978 Moscow, USSR Latvian record
200 m 21.3 s 1973

References

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  1. ^ "Умер латвийский призер Олимпийских игр Юрий Силов, Mixnews.lv". Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juris Silovs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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