| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1888-02-07)7 February 1888 Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | 2 September 1945(1945-09-02) (aged 57) Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
Andrejs Apsītis (7 February 1888 – 2 September 1945) was a Latvian cyclist. He competed for the Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics and for Latvia at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
At the 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm, he finished the 320 kilometers race for road bicycle racing, earning 60th place with a time of 12.18:20,6. At the 1924 Olympic games in Paris, Apsitis with other Latvian cyclists team shared 7th to 10th place in the 4000 meters sprint.
He participated at the World championship, where he withdrew from the race. He won multiple times in the Latvian championship and in all-Union (USSR) sport games.
Apsītis participated in competitions with G. Ērenpreis Bicycle Factory manufactured sports bicycles.
References
- "Andrejs Apsītis". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrejs Apsītis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- Ošiņš, Ivars (2008). Article Latvian Olympic gold, silver and bronze/ Latvijas olimpiskais zelts, sudrabs, bronza. Lauku avīze. 224.—225. lpp. ISBN 978-9984-827-07-0.
- Ošiņš, Ivars (2008). Article Latvian Olympic gold, silver and bronze/ Latvijas olimpiskais zelts, sudrabs, bronza. Lauku avīze. 224.—225. lpp. ISBN 978-9984-827-07-0
- Andrejs Apsītis - Latvian Olympic. http://olimpiade.lv/lv/latvijas-olimpiesi/andrejs-apsitis-328?ref=vasara-1924 Archived 4 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 4 February 2015)
- G. Ērenpreis bicycle factory catalogue 1931. Ernst Plates A/S, Rīga. Page 4.
External links
- Andrejs Apsītis at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Andrejs Apsītis at ProCyclingStats
- Andrejs Apsītis at Olympics.com
- Andrejs Apsītis at Olympedia
- Andrejs Apsītis at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
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- 1888 births
- 1945 deaths
- People from Ogre Municipality
- People from Riga county
- Male cyclists from the Russian Empire
- Latvian male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for Latvia
- Olympic cyclists for the Russian Empire
- Cyclists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
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