Patriks Gailums
![]() Gailums resting at the 2016 World U20 Championships in Athletics | |||||||||||||||
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Born | 10 May 1998 (26 years, 119 days old)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Javelin throw Shot put | ||||||||||||||
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Updated on 26 December 2023 |
Patriks Gailums (born 10 May 1998) is a Latvian javelin thrower. He was the silver medalist at the 2022 European Throwing Cup, and he is a four-time medalist at the Latvian Athletics Championships.
Career
[edit]2013–2018
[edit]In July 2013, Gailums won bronze in the javelin throw at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Utrecht with a throw of 65.73 meters.[2] Two years later, he finished in 11th place at the World U18 Championships in Cali with a throw of 66.75 meters.[3] In July 2016, Gailums set a new personal best of 74.02 meters in the qualifiers at the World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz.[4] However, in the final, he did not reach the same level and finished in 11th place with a throw of 66.84 meters.[5]
In July 2017, Gailums set a new personal best with a throw of 81.91 meters at a competition in Valmiera, which also became a new world junior best for the year.[6] Later that month at the European Junior Championships in Grosseto, he finished in fourth place with a throw of 73.43 meters.[7][8] In July 2018, Gailums took bronze at the Latvian championships in Riga with a throw of 75.57 meters.[9] The following month, he finished 14th overall in the qualifiers at the European Championships in Berlin with a throw of 78.10 meters, which was not enough for a place in the final.[10]
2019–2022
[edit]In July 2019, Gailums finished in fourth place at the European U23 Championships in Gävle with a throw of 79.81 meters.[11][12] Later that month, he took his second consecutive bronze at the Latvian championships in Ogre with a throw of 77.47 meters.[1] In June 2021, Gailums took his third bronze at the Latvian championships in Jelgava with a throw of 77.81 meters.[13] In March 2022, he won silver at the European Throwing Cup in Leiria with a throw of 79.49 meters.[14]
In May 2022, Gailums improved his personal best twice. First, he improved it by 66 centimeters to 82.57 meters at a competition in Ogre[15] and then by over another meter to 83.65 meters at a competition in Kalamata, Greece.[16] The following month, Gailums won silver at the Latvian championships in Valmiera, only beaten by Rolands Štrobinders.[17] In July 2022, he competed at the World Championships in Eugene, but did not advance from the qualifiers in the javelin throw.[18] The following month, Gailums competed at the European Championships in Munich, where he finished in sixth place in the javelin throw.[19]
2023
[edit]In June 2023, Gailums improved his personal best by 40 centimeters to 84.05 meters at a competition in Bergamo.[20] In August 2023, he competed at the World Championships in Budapest, but did not advance from the qualifiers, finishing in 21st place overall.[21]
Statistics
[edit]Personal bests
[edit]Event | Mark | Place | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref |
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Javelin throw | 83.05 m | ![]() |
Italian Athletics Clubs Championships | Bergamo, Italy | 10 June 2023 | [1] |
Javelin throw (700 g) | 77.15 m NU18R | ![]() |
Jānis Lūsis Cup | Jelgava, Latvia | 14 June 2015 | [1] |
Shot put | 15.34 m sh | ![]() |
Valmiera Open | Valmiera, Latvia | 21 January 2023 | [1] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Patriks Gailums at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ "Results – European Youth Summer Olympic Festival 2013". timetronics.be. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Results – Youth World Championships 2015 – Boys' Javelin Throw – Final" (PDF). iaaf.org. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Patriks Gailums reaches the final, Sindija Bukša - in the semifinals" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Results – Junior World Championships 2016 – Men's Javelin Throw – Final" (PDF). iaaf.org. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Patriks Gailums - 81.91 m; Oļegs Kozjakovs in the World U18 Championship decathlon after the first day - 2nd place" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Aceti adds to Italian medal haul with 400m gold". european-athletics.com. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Painfully! Javelin thrower Gailums loses bronze in the final throw series at the European U-20 Championships" (in Latvian). sports.tv3.lv. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Latvian Athletics Championships" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Results – European Championships 2018 – Men's Javelin Throw – Qualifiers" (PDF). european-athletics.org. 8 August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Maksims Sinčukovs – fifth best in Europe" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "European U23 Championships | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "Anete Kociņa and Gatis Čakšs show the highest results on the first day of the Latvian championships" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Latvian javelin thrower Gailums wins second place in the European Cup throwing disciplines" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Gailums improves personal record in javelin throwing, Ivanova wins silver in junior World Weightlifting Championships" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Javelin thrower Gailums improves personal record" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "First day of the 101st Latvian Championship" (in Latvian). athletics.lv. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Javelin throwers Gailums and Strobinders fail to enter the WC final". archysport.com. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Javelin thrower Gailums achieves the highest result of Latvian track and field athletes at the European Championship with 6th place". archysport.com. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Javelin thrower Patriks Gailums improves personal record in competition in Italy" (in Latvian). jauns.lv. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "All Latvian javelin throwers remain without a place in the World Championship final" (in Latvian). delfi.lv. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.