Einārs Tupurītis (born 9 December 1973 in

Smiltene Smiltene () is a town in the Vidzeme region in northern Latvia, 132 km northeast of the capital Riga, and the administrative centre of Smiltene Municipality. It has a population of 5,536 (2015). Name Its original name was Smiltesele (the end ...

) is a retired

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

n middle-distance runner who specialized in the

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. He competed in college for Wichita State University. He finished sixth at the

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total nu ...

in Paris. He also competed at the World Championships in 1995 and 1997 as well as the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

without reaching the final. His personal best time over 800 m is 1:43.90 minutes, achieved in July 1996 in

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. This is the ex Latvian record. The current Latvian 800m record (1:43.67) holds

Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Dmitrijs Miļkevičs (born 6 December 1981) is a former Latvian track athlete who competed in 400 metres and 800 metres. Biography Miļkevičs ran a career-best 46.44 in the 400 metres at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bydgo ...

. Tupuritis also co-holds the national record in

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, with 3:04,30 minutes from the 1997 World Championships.

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* * * * 1973 births Living people People from Smiltene Sportspeople from Vidzeme Latvian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Latvia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Wichita State Shockers men's track and field athletes {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub