Ēriks Rags

Ēriks Rags (born 1 June 1975) is a Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.47 metres, achieved in July 2001 in London. He has competed at three Summer Olympics between 2000 and 2008.^[1] He was born in Ventspils.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Latvia
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	28th (q)	60.52 m
1995	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	14th (q)	69.64 m
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	4th	78.12 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	22nd (q)	75.06 m
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	6th	74.84 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	21st (q)	74.27 m
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	1st	83.79 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	10th	81.64 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	26th (q)	75.75 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	8th	82.82 m
	Universiade	Beijing, China	1st	82.72 m
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	3rd	84.68 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	84.07 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	17th (q)	75.72 m
2003	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th	72.20 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	7th	83.14 m
2004	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	9th	72.67 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	78.77 m
2005	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6th	79.86 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	9th	79.51 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	11th	80.01 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	13th (q)	79.33 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	26th (q)	76.23 m
2009	World Athletics Final	Thessaloniki, Greece	8th	74.93 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	11th	76.93 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	20th (q)	77.34 m

Seasonal bests by year

1997 – 75.06
1998 – 80.56
1999 – 83.78
2000 – 83.61
2001 – 86.47
2002 – 86.44
2003 – 86.32
2004 – 85.83
2005 – 82.35
2006 – 85.99
2007 – 83.35
2008 – 85.05
2009 – 82.23
2010 – 82.05
2011 – 80.87
2012 – 76.49

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ēriks Rags". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

External links

Ēriks Rags at World Athletics
Ēriks Rags at Olympedia
Ēriks Rags at Olympics.com
Ēriks Rags at Olympic.org (archived)
Ēriks Rags at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ēriks Rags". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

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