Jānis Krasovskis (born 12 February 1936) is a Latvian

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. He competed in the men's pole vault at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

, representing the Soviet Union - he achieved 4.40m and took 13th place.

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* * * * 1936 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Latvian male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Place of birth missing (living people) Soviet male pole vaulters {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub