Andrejs Apsītis

Andrejs Apsītis
Personal information
Born	7 February 1888; Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died	2 September 1945 (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.^[1]

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

^ 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 (Accessed February 4, 2015)
^ G. Ērenpreis bicycle factory catalogue 1931. Ernst Plates A/S, Rīga. Page 4.

External links

Andrejs Apsītis at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (archived) (in Latvian)

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[sports-reference-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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