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Birthday
*** ,1932
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February 13, 2011 (78 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
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Celebrities born on May 21
Born in 1932
Gemini named Inese
Javelin Throwers from Latvia
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First name Inese
Inese Jaunzeme
Inese Jaunzeme was a Latvian javelin thrower who won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics. Jaunzeme placed third at the Soviet Union Championships in 1956, earning herself a place on the Soviet Olympic team for the 1956 Olympics. She set an Olympic record in the first round of the event and went on to improve her mark twice more, ending up with a winning throw of 53.86 metres. This made her the first Latvian Olympic champion. She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1957 in recognition of her achievement and was selected as the Latvian athlete of the year in 1956 and 1957. Jaunzeme was the Latvian champion in the javelin in 1952, 1956, 1958 and 1960, and placed second at the 1957 World University Games. In 1960, she graduated from the Riga Medical Institute and retired from competitions. She worked in the fields of traumatology and plastic surgery, and defended a PhD in 1969. Since 1970 she was an orthopedics professor at the Riga Medical Institute.
SportAthletics
Event(s)Javelin throw
ClubDynamo Riga
Personal best(s)55.73 (1960)

About Inese Jaunzeme

Javelin Thrower Inese Jaunzeme was born in Latvia on May 21, 1932. She dies at the age of 78, on February 13, 2011.

Latvian athlete best remembered for competing in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and capturing a gold medal in the javelin throw.

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Inese Jaunzeme before becoming famous

Inese Jaunzeme was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Bull), and 1932 is also the year of Monkey (猴) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She was a member of Riga's Dynamo club.

Achievement of Inese Jaunzeme

At the 1956 Summer Olympics, she set an Olympic record.

Inese Jaunzeme's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Her parents raised her in the Latvian town of Plavinas.

Inese Jaunzeme Collabed with

Both she and Politician Jack Kemp were noted for throwing javelins.

Jack Kemp (1935 - 2009) (Politician)
Jack Kemp (1935 - 2009)

Politician

Inese Jaunzeme Income & Net worth

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