Name Andrejs Apsitis | Role Cyclist | |
Born 7 February 1888
Governorate of Livonia, Latvia ( 1888-02-07 ) Died September 2, 1945, Riga, Latvia Olympic medals Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men\'s individual time trial People also search for Charlie Davey, Josef Hellensteiner | ||
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.
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. At the 1924 Olympic games in Paris, Apsitis with other Latvian cyclists team shared 7th to 10th place in the 4000 meters sprint.
He has participated at the World championship, where he withdrew from the race. He has won multiples times in the Latvian championship and in all-Union (USSR) sport games.
Apsītis participated in competitions with G. Ērenpreis Bicycle Factory manufactured sports bicycles.
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