Dmitrijs Jurkevičs (born 7 January 1987 in Daugavpils) is a Latvian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running. He holds the Latvian record in 1500 metres.
He competed over 1500 metres at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships and came sixth in the final. He was a semi-finalist in the 800 metres and the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He set an 800 m best of 1:46.44 minutes in Sollentuna in 2008 and improved his 1500 m best to 3:39.69 minutes the following year. In his senior world debut, he was eliminated in the 800 m heats at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He began to focus on running the 1500 m from 2010 onwards, and he represented Latvia in that event at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.[1] He achieved a Latvian record over 1500 m in Prague in June 2011 and bettered that mark by over a second and a half to 3:37.35 minutes at the Sollentuna Grand Prix a few weeks later.[2] He represented Latvia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 1500 m.[3]
Achievements
editPersonal bests
edit| Event | Record | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 800 metres | 1:46.44 | Sollentuna, Sweden | 2008 |
| 1000 metres | 2:18.95 | Königs Wusterhausen, Germany | 2009 |
| 1500 metres | 3:37.35 | Sollentuna, Sweden | 28 June 2011 |
References
edit- ^ Jurkevics Dmitrijs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-30.
- ^ Julin, Lennart (2011-06-28). Kaki’s meet record tops performances in Sollentuna. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-30.
- ^ "Dmitrijs Jurkevičs Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
External links
edit- Dmitrijs Jurkevičs at World Athletics
- Dmitrijs Jurkevičs at European Athletics
- Dmitrijs Jurkevics at Olympics.com
- Dmitrijs Jurkevics at Olympic.org (archived)
- Dmitrijs Jurkevičs at Olympedia (archive)
- Dmitrijs Jurkevičs at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
