Jānis Valentīns Andriksons (17 March 1912 – 22 September 1967) was a Latvian

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. He competed in three events at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, he moved to West Germany and then to Canada, where from 1948 he worked in gold and copper mining. He died in Quebec in 1967.

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* * 1912 births 1967 deaths People from Cēsis Municipality People from Kreis Wenden Latvian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Latvia Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Latvian World War II refugees Latvian emigrants to Canada {{Latvia-speed-skating-bio-stub