Ēriks Rags in Osaka 2007.

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
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
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
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 8th 72.20 m
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 7th 83.14 m
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 9th 72.67 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 78.77 m
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, PR China 13th (q) 79.33 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 26th (q) 76.23 m
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

  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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.