Dzintars Lācis (18 May 1940 – 17 November 1992) was a

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n cyclist. He had competed at the

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and

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in the 4 km

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and finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively. He had been part of the Soviet team that won the team pursuit at the 1967

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. Between 1961 and 1969 he won seven Soviet titles in various track (mostly pursuit) events.

References

1940 births 1992 deaths Latvian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Soviet male cyclists Sportspeople from Jelgava Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{Latvia-cycling-bio-stub