Andrejs Apsītis

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.[1]

Andrejs Apsītis
Personal information
Born(1888-02-07)7 February 1888
Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died2 September 1945(1945-09-02) (aged 57)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union

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.[2] At the 1924 Olympic games in Paris, Apsitis with other Latvian cyclists team shared 7th to 10th place in the 4000 meters sprint.[3]

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.[4]

Apsītis participated in competitions with G. Ērenpreis Bicycle Factory manufactured sports bicycles.[5]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. Andrejs Apsītis - Latvian Olympic. http://olimpiade.lv/lv/latvijas-olimpiesi/andrejs-apsitis-328?ref=vasara-1924 (Accessed February 4, 2015)
  5. G. Ērenpreis bicycle factory catalogue 1931. Ernst Plates A/S, Rīga. Page 4.
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