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Jānis Bojārs

1956 - 2018

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Jānis Bojārs (12 May 1956 – 5 June 2018) was a Latvian male shot putter, 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 14 July 1984 at a meet in Riga. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jānis Bojārs is the 2,028th most popular athlete (up from 2,453rd in 2019). (up from 4,770th in 2019)

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Among athletes, Jānis Bojārs ranks 2,028 out of 6,025. Before her are Frank Saker, Yelena Romanova, Khristo Markov, Franco Trincavelli, Désiré Beaurain, and Alejandro Casañas. After her are Chira Apostol, Barbara Sobotta, Igor Nikulin, George Campbell, Janet Simpson, and Yaroslava Mahuchikh.

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Among people born in 1956, Jānis Bojārs ranks 505. Before her are Peter Tomka, Rüdiger Helm, Sanda Toma, Imanol Arias, Faouzi Mansouri, and Stefan Majewski. After her are Igor Korobov, Nenad Stojković, Vladimir Konstantinov, Anne Dudley, Giuliana De Sio, and Maxime Verhagen. Among people deceased in 2018, Jānis Bojārs ranks 499. Before her are Ray Thomas, James Dunbar, Rafael Amador, Geoff Murphy, Alberto Dines, and Marielle Franco. After her are Igor Korobov, Danny Kirwan, Rim Banna, Soslan Andiyev, Matti Kassila, and Adebayo Adedeji.

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