Žoržs Tikmers (born 22 January 1957 in

Iecava Iecava () () is a town on the European route E67, via Baltica in Bauska Municipality, in the Semigallia region of southern Latvia. The town has a population of around 9700 people. Iecava lies 40 km south of Riga and 23 km north of Bau ...

Latvian SSR The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Also known as the Latvian SSR, or Latvia) was a Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republic of the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1941, and then from 1944 until 1990. The Soviet occupation of the Bal ...

) is a

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 sports executive and former

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

who competed for the

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in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. In 1980 he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the

coxed four A coxed four, abbreviated as a 4+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one ...

s event. From 1992 to 2012, he was the vice president of the

Latvian Olympic Committee The Latvian Olympic Committee (, LOK) is a non-profit organization that is the National Olympic Committee for Latvia. Its headquarters are in Riga. History The Committee was created on 23 April 1922. In 1923, it received a notice from the Inter ...

(LOC). From 2012 to 2020, he was the Secretary General of LOC. From 2020 to 2023, he was the President of the Latvian Olympic Committee, but was forced to resign early.

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* * 1957 births Living people People from Iecava Latvian male rowers Soviet male rowers Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union Latvian Academy of Sport Education alumni Latvian sports executives and administrators {{Latvia-rowing-bio-stub