Artūrs Otomārs Motmillers (1 October 1900 – 18 August 1980) was a Latvian long-distance runner. He competed at the

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and the 1936 Summer Olympics. Motmillers was the winner of the 12th

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in 1935, the 1937 ''Quer durch Berlin'' race and an eight-time Latvian champion in various lengths. He also broke the national record 13 times, with his marathon time set in 1933 (2.41:38,2) remaining unbeaten for 19 years. During

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he gave refuge to seven persecuted

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. After the war he was deported to the Russian SFSR by the Soviet regime, but later returned to Latvia. He died in 1980.

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* * 1900 births 1980 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Latvian male long-distance runners Latvian male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Latvia Athletes from Riga {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub