VoldemÄrs LÅ«sis
Voldemars Lūsis ( born December 7, 1974 in Riga) is a Latvian athlete who is active as a javelin thrower since the late 1990s. However, the successes of his father Jānis Lūsis and his mother Elvira Ozoliņa he could not match.
In the shadow of Ēriks Rags standing, he only won two national championships: 1998 ( 79.60 m) and 2003 ( 82.68 m).
Voldemars Lūsis once attended a EM (1998 in Budapest), twice in a World Cup (2001 in Edmonton and in Paris in 2003 ) and two Olympic Games ( Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 ) and reached the following placements:
- Budapest: 20th place ( 75.14 m)
- Sydney: 18th place ( 80.08 m)
- Edmonton: finals. 11th place ( 79.70 m)
- Paris: 18th place ( 75.15 m)
- Athens: 17th place ( 79.27 m)
He also represented his country at the finals of the European Cup Second League in 2000 in Kaunas, where he was victorious with 81.09 m.
Also at the Bislett Games 2003 he was also placed. With 81.94 meters he came behind Sergei Makarov (1st with 85,61 m) and Boris Henry (2nd with 84.51 m) at No. 3
His personal best is 84.19 m from the year 2003.