Jump to content

Ronalds Arājs

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by GreenC bot (talk | contribs) at 16:38, 20 May 2020 (Rescued 1 archive link; reformat 2 links. Wayback Medic 2.5). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Ronalds Arājs
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born (1987-11-29) 29 November 1987 (age 37)
Tukums, Latvia[1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country Latvia
SportTrack and field
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2008
Personal bests
  • 100m: 10.18s
  • 200m: 20.75s

Ronalds Arājs (born 29 November 1987 in Tukums) is a Latvian athlete. Arājs is the current Latvian record holder in the 100 metres sprint, having a personal best of 10.18 seconds.[2] His personal record in the 200 metres is 20.75 seconds.

Arājs represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed fifth in his first round heat in a time of 21.22 seconds, which was not fast enough to qualify for the second round.[3]

He has expressed his intentions of converting towards bobsleigh after the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Ronalds Arājs". SR/Olympics. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Arājs par 0,1 sekundi labo Latvijas rekordu 100 metru sprintā" (in Latvian). Tvnet.lv. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Athlete Biography". Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2012.