Arvīds Immermanis (9 September 1912 – July 1947) was a Latvian

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. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He competed and finished in first place in four Latvian Cycling championships; 1934 sprint race, 1935 and 1937 team road race and

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. Immermanis won three first places in the Latvian National Cycling competition, Vienības brauciens ( Unity Ride in Latvia), from 1936 until 1938. Immermanis worked at the G. Ērenpreis Bicycle Factory.ARVĪDS IMMERMANIS - Latvian Olympic. http://olimpiade.lv/lv/latvijas-olimpiesi/arvids-immermanis-231?ref=%3Fq%3Dimmermanis (Accessed 6 February 2015) He died in a Soviet prison camp in 1947.

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* * 1912 births 1947 deaths Latvian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Latvia Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Riga Latvian people who died in Soviet detention Gulag detainees {{Latvia-cycling-bio-stub