dmitrijs, jurkevičs, born, january, 1987, daugavpils, latvian, track, field, athlete, specialises, middle, distance, running, holds, latvian, record, 1500, metres, competed, over, 1500, metres, 2005, european, athletics, junior, championships, came, sixth, fin. Dmitrijs Jurkevics 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 Contents 1 Achievements 2 Personal bests 3 References 4 External linksAchievements editYear Competition Venue Position Event Notes2005 European Junior Championships Kaunas Lithuania 5th 800 m 1 51 192006 World Junior Championships Beijing China 15th sf 800 m 1 49 562007 European U23 Championships Debrecen Hungary 800 m DNFUniversiade Bangkok Thailand 12th sf 800 m 1 48 592009 European U23 Championships Kaunas Lithuania 4th 800 m 1 47 24World Championships Berlin Germany 16th h 800 m 1 46 902010 European Championships Barcelona Spain 24th h 1500 m 3 45 212011 Universiade Shenzhen China 6th 1500 m 3 49 35World Championships Daegu South Korea 30th h 1500 m 3 42 692012 European Championships Helsinki Finland 7th 1500 m 3 47 36Olympic Games London United Kingdom 25th h 1500 m 3 41 402013 Universiade Kazan Russia 5th 1500 m 3 39 792014 European Championships Zurich Switzerland 30th h 800 m 1 50 1223rd h 1500 m 3 45 922015 European Indoor Championships Prague Czech Republic 8th h 1500 m 3 42 842016 European Championships Amsterdam Netherlands 23rd h 1500 m 3 43 44Personal bests editEvent Record Venue Year800 metres 1 46 44 Sollentuna Sweden 20081000 metres 2 18 95 Konigs Wusterhausen Germany 20091500 metres 3 37 35 Sollentuna Sweden 28 June 2011References 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 Jurkevics Bio Stats and Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 6 April 2016 Retrieved 3 July 2016 External links editDmitrijs Jurkevics at World Athletics Dmitrijs Jurkevics at European Athletics Dmitrijs Jurkevics at Olympics com nbsp Dmitrijs Jurkevics at Olympic org archived nbsp Dmitrijs Jurkevics at Olympedia nbsp Dmitrijs Jurkevics at the Latvijas Olimpiska komiteja in Latvian English translation archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dmitrijs Jurkevics amp oldid 1156407960, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
