Aleksandrs Jackēvičs (born 25 March 1958 in

Dobele Dobele (; ) is a town in the Semigallia region of Latvia. It is located near the center of Latvia on the banks of the river Bērze. It received town rights in 1917 whilst being a part of the German occupied Courland Governorate during the First ...

) is a Latvian

judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

. He competed for the

Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics The Soviet Union (USSR) was the host nation of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 489 competitors, 340 men and 149 women, took part in 202 events in 23 sports. The Soviet Union won a record 80 gold medals (although since surpassed by the United ...

and won a bronze medal in the middleweight class.

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* * * * 1958 births Living people Latvian male judoka Soviet male judoka Olympic judoka for the Soviet Union Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in judo Sportspeople from Dobele Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics {{Latvia-judo-bio-stub