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Alberts Ozoliņš

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Alberts Ozoliņš (10 May 1896 – 28 February 1985[1]) was a Latvian weightlifter who competed for Latvia at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris at age 27.[2]

Born in Kūkas Parish, Ozoliņš was a silver medalist in the men's middleweight division at the 1922 World Weightlifting Championships in Tallinn, Estonia and a bronze medalist at the 1923 World Weightlifting Championships in Vienna, Austria. Ozoliņš was a men's middleweight class wrestler and placed at number 25 at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He died in Jūrmala in 1985.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alberts Ozoliņš". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ "Alberts Ozoliņš". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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