Jānis Bojārs

Jānis Bojārs

Personal information

Born

12 May 1956

Medal record

Men's Athletics
Representing the Soviet Union
European Championships
	1982 Athens	Shot Put

Jānis Bojārs (born May 12, 1956) is a retired male shot putter from Latvia, best known for winning the silver medal for the Soviet Union in the men's shot put event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best (21.74 m) on July 14, 1984 at a meet in Riga.

External links

1982 Year Ranking
Jānis Bojārs profile at IAAF

European Athletics Indoor Champions in men's shot put

1966: Vilmos Varjú (HUN)
1967: Nikolay Karasyov (URS)
1968–1969: Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG)
1970–1972: Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
1973: Jaroslav Brabec (TCH)
1974: Geoff Capes (GBR)
1975: Valcho Stoev (BUL)
1976: Geoff Capes (GBR)
1977: Hreinn Halldórsson (ISL)
1978–1979: Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
1980: Zlatan Saračević (YUG)
1981: Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
1982: Vladimir Milić (YUG)
1983–1984: Jānis Bojārs (URS)
1985: Remigius Machura (TCH)
1986: Werner Günthör (SUI)
1987: Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
1988: Remigius Machura (TCH)
1989: Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
1990: Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT)
1992–1994: Oleksandr Bagach (EUN/UKR)
1996: Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA)
1998: Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)
2000: Timo Aaltonen (FIN)
2002: Manuel Martínez (ESP)
2005: Joachim Olsen (DEN)
2007: Mikuláš Konopka (SVK)
2009: Tomasz Majewski (POL)
2011: Ralf Bartels (GER)
2013: Asmir Kolašinac (SRB)
2015: David Storl (GER)

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